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You’re so deeply focused on the subjects that you need to do well in to get into the university you want that one day you take a breather and realise that you don’t know very much else at all. Say you want to study Engineering, and you’re taking Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry at...

Choosing your degree course is one of the most important decisions you will ever make. Your UCAS application is only the beginning of the experiences you’ ll have at university, the people you’ll meet, and even the career you’ll one day choose. In this article, we’re going to cover the hardest degree subjects, because it is important to have a realistic idea of how challenging your degree will be before you take it.

There is no ham in hamburger. Neither is there any apple nor pine in pineapple. If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? As native speakers, we rarely stop to think how illogical many of the things we say really are. But illogical contradictions are just the beginning of what makes English such a famously difficult language to master

The history of summer holidays is clouded with myths. One popular idea is that school children have a long summer holiday (six weeks for most pupils in the UK) so that they could help work in the fields over the summer. But the current school system was developed over the course of the 19th century...

Mathematics is known as the language of the universe. A way to count, make sense of patterns and order the world. The very first examples of maths can be found in Africa. Indeed, one of the oldest known mathematical artefacts, the Lembombo bone, was found in southern Africa. Over the centuries there have been men...

When you’re young, ambitious, and the world’s your oyster, there can be few things in life more disappointing than the realisation that your parents can’t afford to pay for you to take part in a life-changing educational opportunity. If you’ve felt the full impact of this kind of disappointment, all is not lost. There are ...

AI is changing our world at a rapid pace. An AI Summer School is the perfect way to get to grips with this technology. This article will answer any questions you have about the course.

The University of Oxford, located in Oxford, England, has been a centre of scholarship since the 11th century, although nobody knows exactly when the university was founded. Early indications of learning date back as far as 1096, making it the oldest existing English-speaking university. There are 39 colleges within the University of Oxford, each with...

History is full of scientists who discovered amazing things, and then languished in obscurity, or saw someone else take the credit for their work. Sometimes they were simply overlooked. Sometimes they were the victims of prejudice and discrimination. In other cases, scientists saw the credit for their discoveries deliberately stolen by others. For many of...