This is the big question! With all universities in the UK completely oversubscribed, then roles of employment hard to come by once you have graduated (check out UK Jobs Guide for evidence of this), many people are wondering if higher education qualifications will really be right for them.

Then of course you have to think about the fact that you will soon have to pay tens of thousands of pounds for the education you will receive through these learning institutions. It is a rather daunting concept that extra money is likely to be deducted from your wages for many years to come.

Of course, though, any school leaver needs to think seriously about the type of qualification they choose to study for at university. Many courses are totally oversubscribed: e.g. law and business studies, however, there are other types of qualifications that have shortage of the number of undergraduates studying for them. (more...)

The number of people learning Chinese may be increasing at a rapid rate but English is still the language of business and international communication. This means any business man, traveller or internet user etc needs to be able to read English if not speak English

There are endless ways to learn a language nowadays. The number of learn a language fast options is sometimes comparable to the myriad of the lose weight fast diets that we are all bombarded with. Our advice is to bite the bullet and choose the most intensive English course you can find.

We say bite the bullet because the most intensive English courses are inevitably in English speaking countries which means you need to add travel costs onto the cost of your intensive English course. And of course intensive will not come cheap. Especially when you consider that most intensive English courses are aimed at executives who wish to learn business English. An alternative is one to one English tuition in the house of your English teacher. (more...)

It goes without saying that ever since the Government removed foreign languages as a compulsory part of the curriculum in England, the take up of such subjects has suffered a sharp and damaging decline. The UK was already regarded as an ignorant nation, where the education in foreign languages was concerned, and this disastrous move by the previous Labour Government has only made things far worse.

Whether it is working out what the Spanish word Chinches means, or being able to conjugate French verbs fluently, we Brits are now total idiots when it comes to us trying to communicate abroad.

We have all been there: when checking-in at a foreign hotel, you can usually guarantee that there will be a Brit next to us speaking to the foreigner as though they are stupid - shouting and inserting pigeon variations of the language - thinking that this will make all the difference when it comes to the foreigner understanding them. (more...)

As school children are now being forced to remain in secondary education until the age of 18 now, obviously, this will inevitably encourage more and more students to pursue a tertiary education. The subject areas that are already oversubscribed will only be swamped even further and this will make the competition for employment after graduation even tougher.

If you are seriously considering tertiary education after school, you need to box clever here? Think more about mathematics, life-sciences educational resources and other scientific subjects, as these should transpire to be a far better future career choice for you.

The fact of the matter here is that fewer students are pursuing science and maths at university. They prefer subjects such as psychology, English literature, business studies and law: all of which are excellent disciplines to learn for any undergraduate, but are highly unlikely to lead to the career of your dreams, unless you end up with a first class honours degree at the end of your studies. (more...)

Many students are immediately intimidated by the thought of having to write an essay no matter what the topic. The way essays are graded mean that you can score marks for structure, planning and content. It also means that you can easily lose marks if any of these requirements are not properly met. A trained eye can easily tell when an essay was not planned properly and that is why it is important to spend some time on this stage of essay writing.

Planning your Essays starts with a rough draft of what it is you want to say and how you want to say it. Think about the topic and brainstorm any initial ideas that come to mind. If research is required, be sure to use trusted sources to ensure that your work is credible. When using information from books or the internet, it is also very important not to plagiarize the material you come across as this is a serious offence. Instead, put the information in your own words and build a solid structure.

Where essays are concerned, the structure should flow easily from the introduction through the body and finally the conclusion. The introduction is the first paragraph where you spend time introducing your topic and what it is you will be writing about it. This is a good place to outline what readers can expect to find more of in the body of your essay. (more...)