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Are you thinking of studying Pharmacy?
Pharmacy is the study of medicine, looking at how drugs are created, their chemistry and interactions, and everything else a qualified pharmacist is required to know. For students who are interested in medicine but for whom becoming a doctor does not appeal for whatever reason, Pharmacy can be an excellent alternative. Pharmacists are increasingly a...
8 Reasons Why Oxford, Cambridge and London Have the Best Universities in the World
There’s no question that Oxford, Cambridge and London have produced outstanding universities. In the QS World University Rankings, Cambridge sits at number 4 globally, Oxford at 6, University College London at 7 and UCL at 9. King’s College London is not far behind at 21, and the London School of Economics – always underestimated by...
Are you thinking of studying Nursing?
Nursing is a subject that has changed a great deal in recent years. While once you could become a nurse as a school leaver, now registering with the Nursing and Midwifery Council requires a degree (though A-level requirements for Nursing are usually reasonably low). The scope of the duties required of a nurse are very...
10 Oxford Donors and How They Made Their Money
The University of Oxford has a long and rich history of philanthropic donations. Last year, the university revealed it raised more than £2bn over the course of a 10-year campaign – that’s more than the GDP of the Maldives. There were some multi-million pound donations that contributed to that huge total, but a lot of...
Are you thinking of studying Music?
Between 2007/8 and 2010/11 the number of students applying to study music rose by almost half, to more than 5,000 – considerably higher than the overall increase in student numbers over that time period.
Even with the recession biting, then, Music remains a popular choice of degree. For its people, it represents a chance to...
The 6 Levels of Educational Complexity and How to Use Them
The abstract concepts of educational psychology can be surprisingly useful for students. There have been many different attempts to classify students’ levels of understanding in order of difficulty by different educational psychologists. These range from Bloom’s Taxonomy of Thinking Skills, to the DIKW pyramid, to the somewhat daunting 16 tiers of Michael Commons’ Model of...
Are you thinking of studying Medicine?
Medicine is notoriously one of the toughest, most competitive and most prestigious degree courses available. Med students can have a workload that’s double that of some of their peers (yes, including independent study) for five or more years of being an undergraduate – plus further study after that to reach the point where they’re allowed...
6 Novels to Read to Understand Oxford
Oxford is a world of its own. Its ‘dreaming spires’ and unique charm have inspired the work of authors, poets and artists for centuries. Oxford’s suburbs are much like any city in the south of England. But travel towards the city centre across Magdalen Bridge in one direction, or down St Giles’ in another, and […]
Are you thinking of studying Mathematics?
Mathematics students have a lot of reasons to feel pleased with themselves. Mathematics graduates are constantly in short supply, they have a plethora of well-paid and stable careers to choose from (until civilisation collapses, we will always need accountants) and in undergraduate my-degree-is-better-than-your-degree contests, they have a fairly good chance of winning. What’s more, though […]