First lessons

[Skib]

since @charlottlefish is looking at Oxford University I think we can safely assume she'll be passing English and maths GCSEs!

One should never assume. My OH was an Arabist with a Cambridge double first. He was a brilliant linguist but he struggled with maths.

 

[carthorse]

One should never assume. My OH was an Arabist with a Cambridge double first. He was a brilliant linguist but he struggled with maths.

Stop nitpicking Skib. The fact is no matter how brilliant someone may be in their chosen field there will be a requirement that they have a pass in maths and English to get a place at Oxford, if they can meet the academic requirement for there then the academic requirement to train as a RI is not going to be a problem, surely even you can understand that?