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Do you know your personal learning style?

Many learners across the educational spectrum perceive of learning as not only a strenuous and laborious process, but also an obligation that is inflicted upon them by the system. Negative conceptions of learning can lead to poor performances in educational contexts, as well as lack of confidence in one’s academic abilities. There is an abundance of articles that give generic [...]

Oxbridge Interview and Application Tips

You have reached that point in your life where you are 17-18 years old and everyone around you is talking about university. Your grades are good and your teachers are suggesting you apply to Oxbridge. This was the situation I found myself in four years ago; however I came from a school which didn’t have a reputation [...]

PEEL Writing Technique

The PEEL writing technique is an important factor when it comes to essay writing. Essays are like a river, fluidity is paramount in order to write an effective essay. Using connectives such as; therefore, however and presently provide the essay with a level of literate coherence which will make it a pleasure to read. Incorporating a variation of vocabulary will [...]

Essay Structure Debunked

The ability to produce a well-structured essay is one of the most sought-after skills amongst GCSE and A-Level students, and this short piece attempts to provide a mini-tutorial for those trying to crack it. This is fairly universal advice that can be applied to any subject (even the British Medical Aptitude Test has an essay component!), but the focus here [...]

A Journey of Asian Education Consolation

The imminent prospect of trial by exams can sometimes seem overwhelming, a reduction of life’s diverse experience to the brutal calculations of standardized success or failure. The mind of the student can become an echo-chamber of memorisations and expectations, yearning for a source of consolation. In the modern world, salvation can be found in recognising the global nature of this [...]

How to Structure an English Literature Essay

How to Structure an English Literature Essay (AS and A-Level)

1.  Introduction

• Use the opening paragraph to frame the project, i.e. what you intend to prove/analyse in this essay to show your individual and original perspective on the text.
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How to become a more effective learner about the general economic climate?

As a young person, it is easy to be confused by what you see and hear in the media about the economy. One hears phrases like ‘quantitative easing’, ‘monetary policy’, ‘stagflation’ and ‘double-dip recession’ regularly rolled out by important sounding people as if their meanings were notorious and undisputed. One suspects that the people employing such phrases would have great [...]

English Literature GCSE - Past Papers

As the old saying goes 'practice makes perfect' – and that's certainly true in the case of English Literature GCSE!

What are the benefits of past papers?

English Literature GCSE – Revision tips