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Top UK Graduate Employers: What They Want, What They Offer and How To Get In
When making decisions about your future options, you may have heard a lot of doom and gloom about the current state of the job market, and horror stories detailing the unprecedented levels of competition for jobs among young graduates. But a recent article in The Times has suggested that the situation may not be quite...
12 Languages That Are Easy for English Speakers to Learn
There are a disproportionate number of English speakers who can only speak one language. Globally, 40% of people are monolingual. But in the UK, 75% of people can only speak English, and in the USA, it’s as high as 80%. The reasons for this are obvious: English is an extremely useful language, allowing you to...
University Open Days: How they Work and How to Make the Most of Them
One of the things you’ll need to do in the run-up to your university application is visit some universities on official open days. Many students get nervous about open days, imagining them to be some sort of informal interview process, but this is not the case if you haven’t yet submitted your application. In this […]
18 Fun Things To Do in Oxford Over the Summer
The historic university city of Oxford is one of the UK’s biggest tourist attractions, and it’s not hard to see why. It’s absolutely packed to the brim with interesting things to do and see, and the summer is a particularly good time to visit and enjoy its beautiful architecture, leafy parks and fascinating museums. If...
Memory Techniques for Exam Preparation: 10 Astonishing Ways to Harness the Power of Your Brain
One of the biggest fears every student has as they enter the exam hall is that their mind will go blank and they will suddenly forget every last thing they know. It’s the stuff of nightmares, but fortunately, it’s highly unlikely to happen. First of all, you’d be amazed what facts start to come flooding...
9 Ways to Write a More Original Essay to Impress Your Teachers and Improve Your Marks
As a bright student who aspires to the upper echelons of the university league tables and the highest degree classification, you’re naturally going to want your essays to stand out from the crowd. Faced with the same essay question and reading material, it’s likely that there’s going to be a significant degree of conformity among...
6 Things Everyone Loves to Study: Except the Experts (And What They Study Instead)
It’s inevitable that in whatever academic discipline you care to mention, there will be some topics that have popular appeal beyond the narrow confines of academia. These are the subjects that, for one reason or another, have captured the imagination of the general public; but they’re usually not the subjects that those who are experts...
10 Great British Entrepreneurs and What They Achieved
It’s fair to say that Britain is not usually thought of as a country of entrepreneurs. If you think about the top ten most famous British people around the world – past and present – you’re likely to think of writers, musicians, military leaders, inventors, a host of scientists and probably a monarch or two...
How to Find the Right Career Path for You: 10 Practical Tips
With A-levels and at least three years at university stretching out before you, the start of your career may seem at the moment to be so far in the future that it’s scarcely worth giving a second thought to. Think again! For a start, that time will fly by and before you know it, you’ll...