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How to Avoid Cliches in Your Personal Statement

When you sit down to write your personal statement for the first time it can be really tempting to use age-old cliches like ‘I’ve always been fascinated by…’ or ‘I have a deep and enduring admiration for nurses/doctors/midwives’. However, you can quite easily avoid these cliches and I’m going to show you exactly how in today’s […]

How to bring colour, life and orginality to your personal statement

Personal statement: How to bring colour, life and originality to your personal statement

When an admissions tutor reads your personal statement you want them to sit up and take notice. But, how do you do that? One way is by bringing colour, life and orginality to your writing. However, this can be really tough, especially when you’ve studied the same A-Level syllabus as thousands of other applicants all […]

How to set up a blog that helps you get into uni

Are you looking for ways to showcase your passion for the subject you want to study at university? Are you short on time and want to double up your efforts, reading around your subject, making connections with other people interested in it and revising for your exams at the same time? If you’ve answered yes […]

How to get into medical school

Loads of people want to be a doctor. I can understand why. It’s a worthy, ethical profession that commands both respect and a high salary. However, this means it’s really competitive. To help my readers who’d like to study medicine I asked Nehal of Medtutors4u to answer some key questions about how to get into […]

How do you get paid work that helps you get into university

How do you get paid work that also helps you get into university?

If you want to go to university you know that there’s a lot that goes into writing a really effective personal statement. You’ll also know that university is a very expensive commitment. But how do you get paid work that helps you get into university? For this week’s blog I interviewed recruitment specialist, Leah Stewart, about how […]

Why you can't put a price tag on a university education Lucy Parsons

University is priceless: why you can’t put a price tag on a university education

I can’t stand it when people bang on about the price of university, whether it’s the media, parents and students or some of my lovely readers. I get it, money is very real. It buys you important stuff like food, clothes and a roof over your head. However, there are some things in life that you […]

University is priceless: why you can't put a price tag on a university education

Engineering careers: solve the world’s problems + a great starting salary

Would you like a career that: Uses all your intelligence, creativity, curiosity and problem solving abilities? Solves all the world’s most pressing problems like climate change and the aging population? Is at the cutting edge of technological and scientific development? Has more job opportunities than graduates, high starting salaries and rapid career progression? If you […]

Engineering careers: solve the world's problems + a great starting salary

Oxbridge Interviews: what they're really looking for (Interview with the Admissions Tutor of Homerton College, Cambridge)

Oxbridge interviews are full of mystique. You hear alarming stories of things being thrown at candidates to see how they react. There are rumours of outright craziness from candidates like the time an Oxford interviewee was asked ‘What is courage?’. They replied ‘This,’ and walked straight out of the room. These stories can fill the […]

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