Reading is absolutely critical to your success at interview stage when applying for PPE at Oxford.
By expanding your mind beyond the confines of your A level syllabus, you'll expose yourself to all sorts of new and interesting topics and ways of thinking - all important when you're called upon to think critically and creatively under pressure in an interview situation.
You need to make sure you read things against each of the subjects - politics, philosophy and economics, and it is also wise to stay up to date with current affairs - interviewers have been known to drop in questions to make sure you're on the ball. As such, The Economist and newspaper editorials as well as BBC Newsnight are essential viewing / reading.
Keeping a notebook of the interesting things you read about is also a good idea, and the night before the interview when you're looking for ways to prepare for the next day, you'll thank yourself that you put together a record of all your hard work.
The reading list which is shown on the right hand side of this page is based on the first year PPE syllabus, so you can be sure you're reading things that are relevant and which will give you a broad and solid base for your interview.
