--- title: "News: History" url: "https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/tag/history" school: "Birkenhead Sixth Form College" --- [![Birkenhead Sixth Form College](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/images/logo/BSFC_FC_RGB(1).png)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/) - [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/birkenheadsixthformcollege) - [X](http://www.twitter.com/BSFC) - [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs0mV-sqmiu8V_19dpFY3Zw) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bsfc_/) - [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@bsfc_college) [Apply Now](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/application-form) ![OFSTED](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/theme/birkenhead/img/ofsted_new.png) # News: History [![Image of Cambridge-bound Sam Scoops Oxford University Writing Prize](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Killcross,_Samuel.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-09-08-cambridge-bound-sam-scoops-oxford-university-writing-prize) 8 September 2016 #### [Cambridge-bound Sam Scoops Oxford University Writing Prize](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-09-08-cambridge-bound-sam-scoops-oxford-university-writing-prize) Although recent graduate, Samuel Killcross, is heading to Cambridge University, he's been awarded a prestigious essay-writing honour by an Oxford college. [![Image of Sam Receives Personal Invitation to Oxford University Session](https://files.schudio.com/birkenhead/imagecache/750x480c/news/Oxford.jpg)](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-07-06-sam-receives-personal-invitation-to-oxford-university-session) 6 July 2016 #### [Sam Receives Personal Invitation to Oxford University Session](https://www.bsfc.ac.uk/news/2016-07-06-sam-receives-personal-invitation-to-oxford-university-session) First year, Sam Pelan, attended a taster day in Philosophy, Politics and Economics having impressed the university with his personal statement. 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