In the modern world graduate numbers and rates are skyrocketing. Graduate jobs are becoming much more competitive than they were before. Therefore, many companies are placing much more emphasis on experience in the professional world rather than degrees alone. It is for this reason that …
How Long is a Medicine Degree in the UK?
Along with dentistry and law, medicine ranks amongst one of the hardest and longest degree programmes offered by universities. An extensive knowledge of physiology, pharmacology, psychology and other areas of human biology is required to become a qualified doctor. For example, a doctor must know …
What Are Level 4 Qualifications in the UK?
In the UK, different types of qualifications are given different levels. The levels indicate the difficulty as well as the knowledge gained from that level. In the UK, these levels are numbered. Therefore, Level 4 is the fourth level of difficulty. However, without any background …
What is a Placement Year at University?
University often conjures images of the ultimate academic experience. From lecture halls to libraries and the experience of the professors. While this is obviously true for some universities, especially the most prestigious, your university experience can be shaped by more than just academics. This may …
How to Manage Time in Exams
Exams can be extremely stressful and difficult. Memorising and understanding the content for each subject is hard enough. However, in each exam, you have to make sure that you are reading the questions and writing your answers down as quickly as possible. This is because …
What Grades Do You Need to Do a Medicine Degree UK?
There are many students in the UK, and internationally, who have set their hearts on becoming a doctor. Becoming a doctor may be an ambition for many of you, but it is no simple task. Institutions want to make sure that only the most intelligent …
How to Know if a Course is Right for You?
There are so many possible options when leaving high school. Some people have had their path planned out since primary school while others will graduate high school still unsure of what they would like to do. Either way, there will be a course out there, …
Top 10 Revision Techniques 2025
Exams are, unfortunately, a vital and necessary part of every student’s school experience. Whether it’s low stakes spelling tests in primary school, or final exams after two years of preparation for GCSEs or A-Levels, we are tested throughout our education. With this comes the need …
What is a Degree Apprenticeship?
At the college I went to degree apprenticeships were nowhere near as advertised as traditional university. That is why I understand how trying to find simple information about this qualification can be frustrating. You may have only heard it in passing or perhaps it was …
Does Oxford University Have Uniforms?
Uniform is compulsory attire that students are required to wear when they attend both primary and secondary school in the UK. When considering university, generally there are not any uniform requirements, rather students are expected to dress smartly and only wear academic dress for graduation …