Monthly Archives: April 2013
A couple of great productivity tools for revision
Revision, revision revision…. It seems like nowadays all everyone is talking about it revision. Whether it’s teachers leaning on you to get your act together and start it as soon as possible, or parents quizzing you on when you’re going … … read more
A level revision
A Level: Calling all students! Are you looking for a proficient, multi-faceted revision site that can aid you in your struggles with Revision? Of course you are. Getting in has formulated a fantastic, informative Revision Site in conjunction with those … … read more
The two main types of #volunteering #work
In our last blog post we had a look at the different places you can visit to find out about volunteering opportunities where you live. Today we’re going to take a slightly different approach to the same overall question of … … read more
Sources of #volunteering #opportunities
On both a social and personal level, only good things can come out of getting involved in volunteering. People with different kinds of vulnerabilities or challenges, either in your local community or further afield, get some much needed help; and … … read more
#Careers #ideas: #forensics
Last week on our blog we posted a piece on how TV shows can give people career ambitions that are based on unrealistic portrayals of the job that they’ve decided they want to have. While we mentioned doctors and lawyers … … read more
The perils of planning a #gapyear
If you’re taking a gap year right now, or are currently on one and are, having spent all of it so far working to save up money, now planning to embark on the adventurous part of the year, you may … … read more
Can I base my #careers #ideas on #TV?
If there’s one thing that careers advisors and admissions tutors for university courses hate, it’s the following. During the course of either reading a student’s personal statement or interviewing a student, said student puts forward their career or study motivation … … read more
Are you mentally ready for #exams?
Bad news: it’ll be exam time farily soon. Eep! Alright, we may currently not have quite reached D-Day yet; but we know it’s coming. And when it does come, it pays to be ready. We don’t just mean in terms … … read more
Single-honours versus dual-honours degrees
When it comes to choosing a subject to study at university, a lot of students find themselves torn between at least a couple of different subjects. As if picking a shortlist of unis to apply to wasn’t hard enough, they … … read more
Laying the foundations for a great #UCAS #personalstatement
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve put up a couple of posts here on our blog offering you pointers about things to be on the lookout for when visiting a university open day and the different types of university … … read more