Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akapinda New College, Oxford, kubva muna 1924 kusvika muna 1927. Achidzidza ari pasi paG. D. H. Cole, Gaitskell akava musoshalisti ndokunyora rondedzero refu pamusoro peChartism, achitaura kuti kirasi yevashandi yaida hutungamiri hwepakati. Kubatanidzwa kwaGaitskell mune zvematongerwe enyika kwakatanga somugumisiro weGeneral Strike ya1926
. Vadzidzi vazhinjisa vakatsigira hurumende uye vazhinji vakazvipira nokuda kwemabasa okudzivirira vanhu, kana kuti vakabetsera kumhanya mabasa anokosha. Gaitskell, nenzira isiri yenguva dzose, akatsigira varovi uye akaita somutyairi wevanhu vakaita saOxford nguva yake Evan Durbin uye mudzimai waCole Margaret, uyo akapa hurukuro uye akaendesa pepanhau reboka revashandi "British Worker". Mushure mokuparara kweGeneral Strike, Gaitskell akapedza mamwe mwedzi mitanhatu achiunganidza mari yevashandi vemumigodhi, vane gakava (hunyanzvi lockout pane kurova) haina kupera kusvika munaNovember. Akapedza kudzidza aine dhigirii rekutanga muPhilosophy, Politics uye Economics muna 1927.