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Facilitating A-Levels: Pick These Subjects if You Want A Place at a Top University
When it comes to applying for university, there’s no getting away from the fact that some A-level choices are more desirable than others for admissions tutors. So-called ‘Mickey Mouse’ courses – such as Media Studies – are fairly well-publicised, but you may not have heard of the existence of a defined list of...
Revision and Study: How to Find the Learning Style that Suits You Best
To succeed academically, you need to be productive, and to be productive, you need to figure out what kind of learning style suits you best. Whether it’s for everyday learning via homework, or revising for your exams, finding the learning style that helps you achieve maximum productivity will be crucial to getting the best possible...
14 Fun Ways to Practise Your English in London
No trip to the UK would be complete without some sightseeing in its thrilling capital, London, where there’s enough to do to fill an entire year. The good news is that as well as enjoying the numerous places of interest that London has to offer, you can use your trip to improve your English. If...
10 Historical Inventions That Are Surprisingly Recent… and 5 That Aren’t
The history of Britain goes back a long way, and a great many features of our day-to-day lives have been around for centuries. It’s perhaps because of this that many of us assume that some everyday objects and concepts were invented much longer ago than they really were. Some of the things we take for...
11 Top Translation Tips for EFL Learners
About the Author Stephanie Allen read Classics and English at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, and is currently researching a PhD in Early Modern Academic Drama at the University of Fribourg. As anyone who’s ever studied Latin will know, written translation into a language is often one of the most difficult and daunting exercises possible: it requires...
6 Ways to Enjoy Shakespeare Through Popular Culture
One of the delights of studying Shakespeare is that you gain a better understanding of all the people who were inspired by his writing as well. This might seem obvious, but it goes further than you think. Pretty much any great writer from the late 17th century onwards will have read the works of Shakespeare...
9 Famous People Who Failed Spectacularly Before They Found Success
Success is a funny thing. Some people find fame and fortune almost as soon as they set out to look for it. By the age of 6, Mozart was performing as a child prodigy at the Imperial Courts in Vienna and Prague, probably before he had any concept of what the word ‘success’ even meant...
9 Ways to Think More Rationally and Develop Your Own Opinions
When it comes to writing essays, many students regurgitate the opinions of whichever scholar they happen to be reading at the moment, without questioning whether or not they actually agree with it. However, if you really want to excel academically, you need to be able to think rationally and develop your own opinions (and, of...
How to Understand University League Tables
Comparing universities is a tricky business. For some people, there will be a single measure by which they choose their university. It might be that they want great sports facilities (Loughborough is the obvious choice here) or a renowned Creative Writing programme (UEA). But for others, choosing a university is more about finding the best...