Student and Graduate Stories

How The CIM Level 6 Helped Neave Build Confidence and Progress Her Career

Choosing the right qualification can do more than strengthen your marketing knowledge, it can help you build confidence, apply new skills in the workplace and open the door to career progression. For Neave Ritchie, studying with Oxford College of Marketing [Read More]

2026-07-24T09:40:40+01:00July 24th, 2026|

CIM Level 6 Diploma: Student Experience & Career Impact

Studying while working full-time is never easy, especially when your career path hasn’t followed a traditional route. For many marketing and communications professionals, skills are built through experience first, with theory and formal recognition coming later. In this blog, one [Read More]

2026-03-04T08:23:47+00:00March 4th, 2026|

How the CIM Diploma Transformed Laura’s Career

When Laura first considered studying further, she imagined herself pursuing an MA in Marketing. But after researching her options, she realised she wanted something more practical, a qualification she could directly apply to her role while working full-time. That’s when [Read More]

2025-10-01T08:30:40+01:00October 1st, 2025|

CIM Graduate Stories: Balancing Work, Volunteering and Career Growth

At Oxford College of Marketing, we love hearing CIM graduate stories about students' experiences studying with us and how their qualifications have helped shape their careers. In this blog, we speak with Tendai, a recent graduate of the CIM Diploma [Read More]

2025-03-14T09:31:35+00:00March 14th, 2025|

OXCOM Students Celebrate Fantastic 97% Pass Rate For CIM Assessments

Oxford College of Marketing students are celebrating another fantastic set of results for the recent CIM assessment board. Students achieved a 97% pass rate across all CIM qualifications, comparing favourably to the over CIM pass rate of 89% Our reputation [Read More]

2022-06-01T08:42:22+01:00June 1st, 2022|

Luke Chamberlain Wins CIM Worldwide Top Student Award

The CIM graduation ceremony is a chance for many of our students to celebrate their achievements with their friends, peers, family and loved ones. This year’s ceremony was extra special for another of our recent marketing graduates, Luke Chamberlain who [Read More]

2026-06-10T16:34:45+01:00November 25th, 2021|

Student Stories: Rachel Di Mauro On Achieving CIM’s Top Student Award 

Rachel Di Mauro successfully graduating with a CIM Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Marketing in 2014 and went on to be awarded the prestigious ‘Top Student’ award from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Rachel now shares with us her experiences of [Read More]

2021-01-14T08:12:59+00:00January 13th, 2021|

Student Stories: The Path To Chartered Marketer

After graduating successfully with a CIM Diploma in Marketing Professional, Oxcom student Jack Hardy continued his professional development to become a Chartered Marketer. Jack now shares his experiences of studying as well as the benefits of gaining Chartered status. Jack's [Read More]

2021-01-07T09:05:15+00:00June 15th, 2020|

OXCOM Student Vimal Patel Wins CIM Worldwide Top Student Award!

This year’s CIM Graduation Ceremony was a day of celebration for everyone, but for Vimal Patel, it was particularly special. The OXCOM student not only graduated with a CIM Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, but he also received the CIM [Read More]

2025-07-06T14:32:18+01:00December 28th, 2017|