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Organise Your Home Office Day in March is all about creating order on the chaos that sweeps across a desk. When it comes to learning, it pays to get organised. But why is studying in an organised, positive environment so much better? And how can you achieve this? There many research projects about studying and […]
Whether they were distance learners, returned to education or worked their way up from the very bottom, here are some inspirational case studies of people who didn’t do the expected thing. Not everyone follows the same path on their life journey and that is certainly true when it comes to education and making your way […]
As opposed to the standard route of a single-honours course at a university straight from college, many people have alternative educational experiences, either through choice or circumstance. This blog explores why being an interesting candidate with your own story is so important, and how they can improve your employability. But, just what is employability? For […]
Creativity and attention-to-detail are among the best skills to have for a large number of industries – this blog explores their desirability and usefulness for many jobs and the best ways of acquiring these skills. Have you ever wondered when looking at adverts or hearing voice-overs on TV adverts and programmes who wrote the words? […]
Direct training and vocational qualifications are the best, right? Well, not always. The term ‘transferable skill’ comes up often in job descriptions and interviews, but what does it really mean? And where do they come from? It is the question that fills people with dread when it comes to answering with any conviction: what transferable […]
It might be a company whose work involves little to none of the subjects, but if you’re looking for a job with no formal English and Maths qualifications it can really set you back. So, what is it that employers are looking for when they demand them? It is a debate that has raged for […]
Most industries and businesses are relying on the use of computers for most of their employees these days. There are obviously different levels of computer skills that you could possess. Not everyone is required to be a computer whizz, but it is almost essential that you have basic computer literacy for all office jobs (and […]
If you’re looking for a job and find yourself struggling to land one, then it may not be for the reason that you think. When is the best time to find a job? Even if you have a ton of great experience and have brushed up on your skills using online home learning courses, there […]
Learning can often be seen as a chore by many of us. This is a mentality that becomes ingrained in us from an early age. We shy away from learning in our later years, because at a young age we associate learning with long, boring days at school when we’d rather be playing outside. As […]
For some students, the mid-August A Level results have been either a celebration or a time of disappointment. With the late-August announcement of GCSE results also imminent, the focus is once again thrown onto how students are taught, how they learn, and how students revise, along with exam techniques. There is no magic formula – […]