School Life...
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Apprenticeships
An apprenticeship might sound like a hold over from the Middle Ages, but forget about the quaint name because these training programmes offer a host of benefits for...
Being Bullied by a Teacher
In a perfect world, all teachers would be interesting, fun, devoted to educating students and dedicated to encouraging them down their chosen paths. In reality, some...
Choosing a College or University
Choosing which college or university to attend is a big decision, and should be based on many factors. The subject you wish to study, extracurricular activities that...
Dealing With Disappointing Grades
One of the worst feelings in the world is trying your hardest at something but still falling short. In the case of schoolwork, studying for hours and bringing home...
Education: New Diplomas For 14 - 19 Year Olds
A Diploma is a new qualification that will be offered in 10 subjects in September, 2009 and in 17 subjects by 2011. But these exciting new...
Exam Help and Advice
Exams are nerve-wracking, stomach-churning, earth-shattering events. Everyone who has ever taken an exam remembers the racing pulse, damp palms and sour taste in their...
Figuring out the Future
If you think about the future and come up with nothing but a question mark, then you've got some decisions to make. This might seem like a stressful undertaking, but...
From School to Sixth Form
When you move from primary school to senior school a lot of things change. You no longer have just one teacher for every subject. You’ll move from classroom to...
Homework and Revision Help
Realising that you need homework and revision help in order to boost your marks is a big step toward academic success but actually asking for this help is a giant step....
How to Stop Bullying By Other Pupils
In 1999 all schools in the United Kingdom were required to implement an anti-bullying policy, but most research since then has confirmed that levels of school bullying...
Investigating Work Experience
Work experience can be part time or full time. It can be paid or unpaid. It can be in a museum or it can be in a pub. It can be supervised well or hardly supervised...
Moving From Primary School to Secondary School
Sometimes adults forget the worries that children have. The problems kids have may pale insignificance to ‘grown up’ issues like paying the...
Moving to a School in a Different Area
It’s never easy moving schools. You’re settled in the school you’re in, you have your friends and you know your teachers and you just don’t want...
Picking A-Level Subjects
Advanced Level (A-level) subjects can be frightening. Their very name suggests a challenge, and knowing that universities will be looking at the results can often have...
Picking GCSE Subjects
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) system was launched in 1986, and since then many millions of secondary students in England, Wales and Northern...
Picking the Perfect Prom Outfit
Your prom is a once in a lifetime experience, a night that you'll remember for the rest of your life. The pictures you take that evening will be displayed for years,...
Research Tips for Secondary School Students
When you're given an assignment that requires completing research it can be easy to become overwhelmed by that all you have to do. But for many...
Say Goodbye to School Gangs
Surviving the monotony of a school day can be bad enough, but when you have to worry about school gangs as well it's enough to make any student want to stay at home and...
Scrumptious School Dinners
School dinners are in a state of flux right now, with new regulations bringing less sugar and salt, and more fruit and veg to canteen tables across the UK. This...
Smoking At School
First up, let's make it clear that smoking is not big and it's not clever.
Starting smoking is often the first thing people will say they wish they had...
Starting Your Apprenticeship After Education
Many young people choose to forego further education in favour of the opportunity to work and study at the same time through an apprenticeship....
Tackling Truancy
Truancy is a problem sweeping not just the UK, but the entire world. Every day millions of students play truant and miss their classes, even after they have been...
Tips For Fitting In
Fitting in is an elusive desire. We all want to be true to ourselves, but we know that some compromise will probably be required to be accepted by others. So how do we...
