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We’ve all been there. The five minutes before the exam room door opens, our palms are sweaty and our mind suddenly goes blank. And then there are the tough assignments. The questions that tie us in knots, the equations that we don’t know how to solve because we just don’t know where to start. When […]
Are you lacking in motivation? Are you looking to achieve a goal, but it feels like it is slipping further away? Does life get in the way of your study and career plans? Do you feel like giving up? Maybe you have already given up? Many of us are familiar with a lack of motivation […]
In 2015, Ofcom (the regulator of telecommunications in the UK) announced that we now live in a smart phone society. The facts make for interesting reading. In 2016: 60% of adults in the UK owned a tablet 93% of adults owned or used a personal smartphone 71% of adults lived in a ‘mobile only’ household […]
Social media is a powerful platform in many ways. But just as it can be used for positive gain, it can also quickly turn into an uncontrollable monster. For students and tutors alike, harnessing the power of the digital world as part of a course is now part and parcel of delivering vibrant learning experiences. […]
The likelihood is that you will have heard of Amnesty International. This is because it is possibly the most well-known human rights group in the world. What is Amnesty International? Founded in 1961 by a British lawyer, it has since worked on several human rights cases. It campaigns for the end of the death penalty, […]
Sherlock Holmes was a fictional character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally created for a series of books and novels eventually, the great detective appeared on the small and big screen. The recent resurrection of the character by Stephen Moffatt and Mark Gatiss, and played by Benedict Cumberbatch, has ignited our interest in how […]
Do your beliefs limit what you feel you can achieve in life? You may not think so, but what stops you from changing careers? What is preventing you from dealing with the financial issues you always seem to be experiencing? Why do you feel anxious when attempting social gatherings, even though you know everyone there? […]
Obesity is a worldwide epidemic. And the facts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) made for sobering reading; Worldwide, obesity has more than doubled since 1980 In 2014, 1.9 billion adults (39% of the global population) were overweight and of which, 600 million (13%) were obese Most of the world’s population live in countries where […]
The discovery of what DNA holds is celebrated every year on National DNA Day. Due to be celebrated on 25th April 2017, it gave us the perfect excuse to look at how DNA has played a vital role in solving some of the worst crimes in Britain and how, decades after the crime has been […]
Feedback is important. It is the information that we need to be able to improve our performance, whether that is the work we are doing day-to-day, or the work we are doing to gain new qualifications. It comes in various forms too, including written responses to work completed, to grades, peer reviews and other formal […]