Nic

Hi! I am currently in my first year at Pembroke College, the University of Oxford, studying English Language and Literature. For A-Level, I studied French, History and English Literature at A-Level. I specialise in Textual Scholarship, with a particular focus on Rare Books, Archives and Library Studies. Academically, I am interested in Experimental Wartime Modernist Literature, Old English Translation, Censorship in Literature, Short Stories, Genetic Criticism, Print Culture, The History of the Book and the Influence of Jazz on Literature (James Baldwin and Langston Hughes are my favourite writers!). Outside of the classroom, I also enjoy photography, DJing, playing basketball, cycling, rowing, cooking vegan food and listening to all types of music.

In High School, I was very active in my school community. I launched my own volunteer tutoring and mentoring service alongside becoming Managing Director of a sustainable plastic-free toiletry kit student company and coached all age groups of basketball. I was lucky enough to win the Harvard Book Prize due to my academic performance and contribution to the school community and in my pre-university summer, I won the ISLA Academic Gift and became an Oxford Crankstart Scholar. Public speaking is something I also enjoy and I successfully earned a distinction in my Speaking in Public LAMDA Grade 8 Gold Award, where I had to write and perform three speeches.