A level Results Day – everything you need to know

A level Results Day – everything you need to know

Every student, even the most confident, who has sat A levels is nervous about A level results day. It is one of those red (or black) letter days, which you’ll remember for the rest of your life as being either one of the happiest or one of the worst. A level results...
Top tips for recall and retrieval

Top tips for recall and retrieval

How do you possibly remember all the content required for ten GCSE subjects or three or four A level subjects? The quotes in English Literature, the key dates and events in history, the formulae in science, the key concepts in RE, the hundreds of subject specific...
Top tips for learning languages

Top tips for learning languages

My top tips for learning languages. Many people find learning foreign languages difficult and they struggle to keep on top of the vocabulary and grammar, but there are some simple things you can do to improve your skills and develop your competency in another...
A simple guide to UCAS

A simple guide to UCAS

A simple guide to UCAS is needed because it can be a minefield of confusing jargon, deadlines and hoops to jump through if you haven’t done it before. Even if you are an experienced head of sixth form or adviser and use it every year there are always changes to learn...
Applying for Medicine – what you need to know

Applying for Medicine – what you need to know

There are forty four medical schools in the UK. They are all unique. Some, like Edinburgh, are old, established and world famous, while others, such as Edge Hill, are brand new and hardly known. Some, like Swansea and Warwick, are graduate entry only, while others,...