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Latin A-Level

Where have all the Latin Lovers gone?

Schools should be promoting Latin lessons, not discouraging them!

AMO, AMAS, AMAT…SOUND FAMILIAR?

The Rise Of The MOOC

Technology has slowly but surely changed nearly every facet of our lives to date. With specific regards to education, it has accomplished remarkable things. It has given children the ability to use computers in schools to aid with their work. It has enabled the use of projectors and more recently interactive boards in some schools; these again have further helped [...]

Make The Most Of Your Internships

How To Attain And Make The Most Of Your Internships For many students, applying for and obtaining an internship position at a company or organization that is relevant to their career path is both daunting and difficult. But it can be done! During my second year of university I had an internship at a local non-profit public health agency, and they [...]

Medical Schools

What Are Medical Schools Looking For? Applying to study medicine at university can be an understandably stressful time. On top of being expected to have top grades throughout school, completing extra entrance exams, and a reasonable amount of relevant work experience, interviewers and admissions staff will be looking for more. More about you, [...]

GCSE Maths

WHAT’S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT A C IN GCSE MATHS? You may be well aware by now that a C in GCSE Maths is pretty important. It is required to continue your education at college and then university. It will also be repeatedly asked for by employers. Additionally, the percentage of their students gaining a C in GCSE Maths is a [...]

Oxbridge Arts Application

“Taking it Personally”: Finding your Feelings in an Oxbridge Arts Application We are, as a society, overwhelmingly institutionalised. This, of course, has many benefits – we stick to deadlines, go to school and go to work most days, and are able abide by the law. Thus our nation is able to run smoothly, safely, economically and effectively. The resultant notion, however, that [...]

Mathematical Degree - Predicting the future could possibly change yours

Many a time I have heard GCSE and A Level students studying Mathematics exclaim; “What is the point?!!!” The theories, concepts and techniques they strain to learn seem to bear no recognisable use in day to day life and become increasingly abstract as they progress through their education.  Even so, many of those who do enjoy the subject and hold [...]

Latin A-Level - The Life in Dead Languages

Recently I went to a discussion at the British Museum, ‘Does Latin have a future?’ and watched people tear apart the usefulness of a subject that I’ve dedicated over a decade of my life to. It came with a rejection of the cultural place of Latin, a useless ‘dead’ language and one that smacks of elitism and anachronism at that. Anyone [...]

Essay Structure

Essay Structure advice from a University of Oxford graduate It might sound rather a melodramatic claim, but I feel as though I only truly grasped how to plan and write essays effectively towards the very end of my English degree. That’s not to say that I couldn’t write essays at all beforehand, but rather that far [...]

Take A Gap Year Before Medical School

5 Reasons To Take A Gap Year Before Medical School Recharge and refuel You’ve just been through thirteen years of schooling, and there’s another five or six years to come at medical school. It can get very tiring and you can lose sight of the end goal. Therefore, taking a year out is perfect. Use it as an opportunity to wind down [...]