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Writing a personal statement: Is it really that difficult?

So you’ve just clicked apply to a really great course that has you tingling with excitement at the mere thought of doing. You then fill out all the necessary easy stuff e.g. name, age etc. Then comes the big scary thing called (Drum roll please)…THE PERSONAL STATEMENT!  You think you have to get everything right because it could be [...]

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The Steps To Exam Success

As exam season looms once again many students across the UK will be working around the clock to cram in that last minute revision.  The months leading up to their final exams is a critical time for many students and should therefore be used wisely. The key to exam success is having a clear strategy and plan for attack [...]

Building Learning Power

Building learning power (BLP) is an educational tool that aims to improve the way schools prepare young people to become more well-rounded. This means that by making students more aware of who they are on a mental, emotional and social level it builds up their capacity to cope with challenges and uncertainty. In the face of a changing economy and with [...]

Water and Development: Key Issues

Water is crucial for life on Planet Earth. Every human being needs water daily to keep healthy. In advanced countries, water flows from the tap 24 hours a day and is treated and tested for being safe for humans to use. To be sure, there are areas and periods when water has been scarce, for example in the UK watering [...]

Unlock Creativity

A common mistake that is made when thinking about creativity is to believe that there are creative and non-creative people. Such distinction does not exist; believe it or not, creative thinking patterns can easily be installed in our brain; the brain behind this assumption is Dr. Edward de Bono. Dr. de Bono’s background is in medicine and psychology, he was [...]

Instagram Secrets

You can look at Facebook as this bundle of so many different things, but it turned out that people just like photos more than anything else. Why do people share in the first place? How can this trend be tackled by brands to increase their identity? And most importantly, can this trend impact the purchasing behaviour process of consumers? [...]

Understanding Business News: LIBOR

It has been recently revealed that banks including Barclays falsely reported the rate at which they could lend, reported in daily LIBOR reports. Assessing the significance of this is an important part of understanding recent political pressure to reform finance and the City of London; and the future direction of the British economy. The ‘City’ is a one-square-mile area at [...]