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Options Available After GCSEs and A levels

What are the different paths available after GCSEs and A levels? Are they accessible to all, or are there certain requirements to be met?


The Plague

What Part Did Eyam Play Against The Plague?

Whilst medical practise didn’t take note of what the villagers of Eyam had achieved straight away, slowly the procedures they had adopted were copied, such as quarantine zones to limit or prevent the spread of disease.


The Duke of Portland

Walcheren: Britain’s Forgotten Scandal

Prominent Cabinet Colleagues George Canning and Robert Castlereagh decided to take the truly extraordinary step of fighting a duel over the Walcheren fiasco.


Writing

The Secret of Time Management

Research shows that people commit things to memory and digest information more effectively when using the traditional pen-and-paper approach.


Forest Schools

Forest Schools: Learning through Nature

Children have no control over the illnesses, disabilities and other problems they may have. In such cases, forest schools can give them a sense of purpose and self-fulfilment.


Private School

Does Private Education Get a Bad Rep?

State schools also need to be improved so that their pupils feel qualified and capable enough to send off an Oxbridge application. It’s certainly not up to private schools to limit their applications when many state students don’t apply anyway!


The Six Hats

Is There a Crisis in Creativity at GCSE?

“Given that the creative industries feature prominently in the government’s Industrial Strategy for boosting the UK economy in the coming years, it seems strange that for the last nine years the government has pursued a method of holding schools to account that works in precisely the opposite direction” – EDSK


Short stories

How can Flash Fiction Improve your Writing?

One of the reasons flash fiction is such a good tool for the aspiring writer is that it helps to teach you how to make an instant impact.


The University of Oxford

A Little Bit About The University of Oxford

The university has provided education to close to thirty prime ministers.


Work

How to Find your Calling in Work

More choice also means that we spend more time analysing our work options and many of us end up in a state of ‘analysis paralysis’ (overthinking and overanalysing).


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