Reading extra-curricular books has a greater effect on career prospects than other activities, research suggests.
Mark Taylor, from Oxford University’s Department of Sociology, poured over 17,200 questionnaire responses from people born in 1970, which gave details of extra-curricular activities at the age of 16 and their careers at the age of 33. The findings, which [...]
Having scoured the internet for the best freely available resources for students and lifelong learners, this is a small selection of what we found. We’ll keep looking and report back on anything we find that is as good or better than those listed below. Equally, if you know of a learning pearl out there that [...]
A Cradle Song
Sweet dreams, form a shade
O’er my lovely infant’s head;
Sweet dreams of pleasant streams
By happy, silent, moony beams.
Sweet Sleep, with soft down
Weave thy brows an infant crown.
Sweet Sleep, Angel mild,
Hover o’er my happy child.
Sweet smiles, in the night
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A Level history is designed to test your knowledge, critical thinking skills and essay writing abilities. We’ll be looking at A Level questions to see how answers can be structured and presented to make best use of relevant material. At A Level, the highest grades go to candidates who:
offer sustained analysis, with relevant supporting [...]
Exams are a game.
You can be good at them, or bad at them. Either way, you can certainly improve your performance. Afterall, that’s the whole point of “mock” or “trial” examinations. To take advantage fully of your trial examinations, you should prepare for these examinations as fully as you can, and nearly as fully [...]
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