I find alot of the aforementioned pretty disturbing especially for the new pilot about to choose a course-wwejosh.
The thing about unsealed ops is true, however with permission from authority there can be exceptions made.
Oxford is trying to prepare pilots for the airlines- hence glass cockpits, King airs, 300 page sops etc and taking in so many cadets is just a pretty obvious example of this.
It is NOT your local flying school like some others at YMMB where youll just chill all day and come in whatever you want and fly when you want. There is a certain order of discipline at Oxford because after all this is what pilots are meant to have and what is meant to prepare them for a long career namely as an Airline Pilot!