Students I have met under its auspices were in most cases outstandingly able, devoted to work and a great pleasure to teach...WISC is immensely good at what it does and commands great respect in Oxford. It is surely desirable for American colleges to take advantage of an opportunity to apply for one of the scarce Visiting Student places available at Oxford University. No fewer than ten of its 40 odd colleges now accept highly qualified WISC candidates...

I have known the president of WISC, Robert Schuettinger (who has taught at Yale and Oxford) for many years. While leaving the more technical points to him, I would stress that he has succeeded since 1985 in building up openings in laboratory sciences as well as arts (something not managed by most other overseas programmes in Oxford...

WISC Visiting Students also obtain good housing, good overall advice and frequent help from the WISC office in the centre of Oxford..."

Yours sincerely,
Michael Hurst
MA, DLitt, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford