It doesn't matter how old you are or whether you're taking SATs, GCSEs or A-levels - exam stress can affect everybody. It is completely natural and understandable that you would suffer from stress: after all, there's a lot of work to be done, and your exam results can have a huge bearing on your fut...
Read more ›According to a leading figure in the education industry, a culture of "instant gratification" is making today's schoolchildren harder to teach.
John Dunford, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, which represents secondary school heads, made the claim at the associ...
Read more ›Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, said that the unexamined life was not worth living. In other words, education is fundamental to life, and should be undertaken for its own sake.
He would have been horrified to read a recent BBC Online article revealing that today's graduates can expect to e...
Read more ›American universities have always held an appeal for young people across the world. Most British teenagers could name the Ivy League universities and the qualities that their students possess: intellectual, high-achieving and exceptionally talented.
It's perhaps no surprise that more and more of th...
Read more ›Footnotes may not be the most exciting aspect of university level English or History, but they're a great way to demonstrate the research that has gone into an essay.
Footnotes have a variety of purposes, including providing an author's comments on the text, acknowledging referred works, and refere...
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