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It is smart to tool up on skills and strategies that help you navigate your way through school. Toolbox has tips on how best to prepare for exams; how to ‘build' a good resumé for university applications; tips on success at interviews and how to get the best out of the long, school summer holidays.

Teen Blogger Be the main character you were always meant to be by Romanticising your Life

Be the main character you were always meant to be by Romanticising your Life

If you have ever wished that your life would be more like some amazing book you read or your all-time favorite movie, then read on.

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What If Your University Were An Uber?

What If Your University Were An Uber?

Uber, you have the choice of various types of cars driving you from A to B and every type of car carries its own price. Should we apply the Uber model to universities?

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Traits Of Successful Students; Fantasies And Facts

Traits Of Successful Students; Fantasies And Facts

“Driven, committed, tenacious; motivated, confident, innovative”. Some of the adjectives used to describe successful students. Yawn?

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Streaming in schools: being a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big one

“Luckily my child is in all the top sets.” Are you a beneficiary of streaming? Is your child an elite student? All good then?

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Applying To Oxbridge: How To Bag The Interview (But Not The Offer)

Applying To Oxbridge: How To Bag The Interview (But Not The Offer)

Applying to Oxbridge can be incredibly daunting – it’s a long process that requires a lot more than just writing a good personal statement and getting the grades.

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15/11/21

Long study days ahead? How plants could make you smarter

Long study days ahead? How plants could make you smarter

With mock exams, personal statements, and lots of other homework on the immediate horizon, getting some indoor plants may help you concentrate

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26/10/21

Critical thinking: who, where, when, how, why? It’s important to ask yourself these questions

Critical thinking: who, where, when, how, why? It’s important to ask yourself these questions

Critical thinking is absolutely, well, critical, at university. But even at school, it is expected and necessary, if you aim to get the highest grades.

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25/10/21

How To Write A Good Thank-You Note When A Text Won’t Work

How To Write A Good Thank-You Note When A Text Won’t Work

At times, old-fashioned as it may sound, a text, email or Whatsapp will not do to say thank you to someone. Instead, pen and paper are required.

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25/10/21

Interview Nerves: keeping calm when you have a racing heart, dry mouth, sweaty palms. DEEP BREATH.

Interview Nerves: keeping calm when you have a racing heart, dry mouth, sweaty palms. DEEP BREATH.

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10/10/21

Dyslexia, how to deal with it and why it shouldn’t hold you back

Dyslexia, how to deal with it and why it shouldn’t hold you back

Winston Churchill, Jamie Oliver, David Bailey, Will Smith and Steve Jobs have at least one thing in common (besides being outstanding high achievers): dyslexia

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27/09/21