Or not. Actually it seems that this year things are going pretty well for many, but for those of you haven't quite got what you wanted then please check out my article about next steps. It is on the Daily Mail but I wrote it so it's all good. Also take a moment to check … Continue reading A Level Results Day – For what are we are about to receive may UCAS make us truly fearful…
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New year, new you? Or rather new academic year/start of real life – what to do now?
Maybe it's the time of year, maybe it got posted at the wrong hour of the day, who knows, what makes one post soar like an eagle and another sink like the Titanic? My last post didn't get a huge amount of love or views from any quarter and rather than accept defeat graciously I've … Continue reading New year, new you? Or rather new academic year/start of real life – what to do now?
What next? The results are in, what next for A level students, freshers and graduates?
As the dust settles on the 2017 results season, as we say goodbye to smug pairs of grinning twins holding up their matching A*s for the delight of a facile press let's turn our attention to what happens next. With three distinct sets of those in receipt of exam board judgement there will be losers, … Continue reading What next? The results are in, what next for A level students, freshers and graduates?
Good news A level students! Come results day, universities are more afraid of you than you are of them.
Der dum. Der dum. Derdum Derdum Derdum... DerlaLUM. Onomatopoeic writing has never been my strongest suit but that was the Jaws music for those of you didn't get it. Given that many of you reading this will probably have only a vague notion of what that is doesn't perhaps ringingly endorse my relevance to you … Continue reading Good news A level students! Come results day, universities are more afraid of you than you are of them.
Just know even if your exam results aren’t what you expected, it’ll still be okay, you still have options.
'Life's a journey not a destination', so sang Aerosmith, whether you buy into their laidback drug fuelled rhetoric or not, it's not a bad motto to carry with you. Highers results are out today, A Levels are around the corner and as the expectation mounts so too does the pressure. If you get or indeed … Continue reading Just know even if your exam results aren’t what you expected, it’ll still be okay, you still have options.
What happens if your A levels aren’t what you hoped for? What to do when it goes wrong in your exams. Keep calm and carry on.
As the imperial death march intones in their sub-conscious, the school leavers of 2017 are a Schrödinger's cat of sorts, where by they have both passed and failed their A levels and the truth is only a short hop away from revealing itself. It's like breaking something valuable that belongs to an irascible parent and … Continue reading What happens if your A levels aren’t what you hoped for? What to do when it goes wrong in your exams. Keep calm and carry on.
It’s the end of the world and I feel fine…
Exam season is well and truly in swing and up and down the country. Many of you will be nervously highlighting facts you'll instantaneously forget, trying to capture mnemonics in your brain, reciting Pythagorean theorems or struggling to recall quite what Ophelia ever saw in Hamlet in the first place. It is a nerve wracking … Continue reading It’s the end of the world and I feel fine…
Here comes the sun… Top five tips for work experience goodness.
Here comes the sun. Possibly. Whilst I can't guarantee sunshine. I can guarantee that at this time of year schools will ostensibly remember their obligations to the students finishing out the first year of sixth form, and try and run them through some last minute work experience. What's less clear is why they will have … Continue reading Here comes the sun… Top five tips for work experience goodness.