For those wanting to widen their knowledge after completion of their bachelor’s degree, delving into courses away from the UK education circuit is becoming increasingly popular. Owing to the rise in tuition costs and the ever-competitive job market graduates are adding foreign educational excursions to their existing career related activities. Postgraduate education abroad enables you …
If you had told me two years ago that right now I’d be studying in another country, I’d have told you that you were mad. Back then, having just started sixth form I was getting to grips with the challenge that was the IB diploma. Quite frankly I couldn’t see myself going anywhere but London. …
For me there was never a second option career choice. I have known that I wanted to be a Dentist from a relatively young age, inspired by work experience. Therefore on A level results day when I hadn’t quite achieved the required grade in Chemistry, I felt like my future had been taken away from …
I was a first year student reading Cultural Studies at Leeds University, developing my interest in art, literature and architecture, learning to critically analyse major paradigms in cultural theory (language, subjectivity, sexual difference, and commodification). I heard some friends discussing the Erasmus Programme – something I’d never come across before. It sounded so exciting, but …
As with many young players in England, my dream of becoming a professional footballer started at an early age. After spending eight years at Notts County FC as a youngster I was given my first team debut at the age of seventeen. However the year after, a season long injury saw me released from the …
For the longest time I can remember, I’ve always wanted to make games. I looked into studying at home in Ireland, but found the game development courses were very vague and not tailored to the actual games industry. I looked into studying in England and while the quality is most definitely there, the fees alone …
Campaigns to boost girls’ enthusiasm for science and engineering are beginning to bear fruit, according to data compiled from a survey of 20,000 sixth formers. Statistics from MyFutureChoice, the university choices and careers experts, shows a rise in the proportion of female pupils who are actively considering university courses in science, technology, engineering and maths …
The urge to fly the family nest and study in another part of the country is as strong as ever among would-be students despite the rising cost of a university education, a national survey has found. Just one in twenty of prospective students across the UK and in England are only considering studying in their …