Listen "How are students taught at Cambridge?"
Episode Synopsis
🎙️ New Podcast Alert! Stay tuned to learn all about the different forms of teaching the University of Cambridge offers its students. Marcus and Siam go through what supervisions are, how supervisions work alongside lectures, student lifestyles, and much more! Timestamps can be found below.
01:10 How are students taught at Cambridge?
05:30 How much time does a student spend studying per week?
07:40 Does Cambridge allow students flexibility with their lifestyles and work schedules?
10:00 How studying can be a social activity
10:40 How many libraries are there at Cambridge?
12:00 Choosing a college based on its library
13:10 Study lifestyles
18:00 Working in groups
22:00 What are supervisions?
25:20 In what ways have you seen students benefit from supervisions?
28:00 How do supervisions differ between subjects?37:30 Is it true that supervisions help students learn to bluff and blag?
43:30 Are supervisions like debates?
46:30 What has teaching supervisions been like?
51:10 How do supervisions help students with life after Cambridge?
01:10 How are students taught at Cambridge?
05:30 How much time does a student spend studying per week?
07:40 Does Cambridge allow students flexibility with their lifestyles and work schedules?
10:00 How studying can be a social activity
10:40 How many libraries are there at Cambridge?
12:00 Choosing a college based on its library
13:10 Study lifestyles
18:00 Working in groups
22:00 What are supervisions?
25:20 In what ways have you seen students benefit from supervisions?
28:00 How do supervisions differ between subjects?37:30 Is it true that supervisions help students learn to bluff and blag?
43:30 Are supervisions like debates?
46:30 What has teaching supervisions been like?
51:10 How do supervisions help students with life after Cambridge?
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