Oxford finals Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

These are the notes I created for the BPG since 1900 paper for my PPE Finals in 2021. The notes cover, in a lot of detail, the following 5 exam topics: New Liberalism, the Rise of the Labour Party, Appeasement, the Conservative Governments 1979-1997 (Thatcher and Major), and New Labour. I achieved a First overall, and in the BPG paper a mark of 73, using these notes.

These are the notes I made to sit the Politics in China paper as part of my PPE Finals in 2021. The topics covered are: (in slightly less detail) China in the time of Mao and Deng, and in a lot of detail: Representative Institutions , The Rule of Law, Social Instability and Protest, and the International Relations of China. I achieved a First overall, and a 71 on this paper.

These are the comprehensive notes that I made and used to revise for my BPG (British Politics and Government since 1900) finals exam. I achieved a 79 in this exam and these notes were a critical resource. They are very extensive and include key definitions, reading summaries, content structured in a thematic way, and essay plans. The topics covered are: the rise of the Labour Party; the Conservative Party in an Age of Mass Democracy; the Attlee Governments; Racism and Immigration in postwar Brit...

This is a comprehensive document which covers in detail the three key normative positions in Ethics (Virtue Ethics, Consequentialism, Deontology), the key thinkers associated with them as well as topics in Meta-Ethics (Relativism, Realism, Reasons, Free-Will, Biology). It is an amalgamation of my own notes from reading as well as lectures from the past five years. For each topic, I outline the key claims involved as well as giving in-depth analysis of them. I highlight the most important obj...

These are the revision notes which I created to sit the Philosophy of Mind paper for my PPE Finals in 2021. The topics covered are: Other Minds, Perception, Externalism, Functionalism, and Self-Knowledge. I achieved a First overall, and a 69 on this paper.

A revision document for the Attlee government module of BPG for PPE finals at Oxford. I made this when I was revising for my finals this year and it proved very useful and helped me achieve a high first. It contains detailed notes on 10 key readings for the course.

These mark scheme solutions were really useful in the exam and preparation for the exam. I know that examiners tend to rely on previous papers and often papers 10+ years ago so this gave me comfort that I had all relevant bases covered

A revision document for the Attlee government module of BPG for PPE finals at Oxford. I made this when I was revising for my finals this year and it proved very useful and helped me achieve a high first. It is structured by theme (a complement to the 'by author' document) but also includes some essay plans, key questions and definitions.

20+ page document outlining the key cases and academic opinions for the Oxford Administrative Law course, along with several sample essay plans. Written by a student achieving a 1st in Finals.

These are the revision notes which I created, using both the lecture series and tutorial work, to sit the Ethics paper for my PPE finals in 2021. The notes cover consequentialism, Kantian ethics, and three topics in meta-ethics (non-cognitivism, error theory, and moral realism). I achieved a First in my Finals, and a mark of 67 on this paper.