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Using Footnotes: The Dos And Don’ts

In university, your ability to reference sources correctly will have a considerable impact on the mark you receive. The rules you must follow can be tricky to grasp initially, but if you do ever need a quick recap then Oxbridge Essays are always happy to help and give your work a going over to pick […]

PhD help and advice

Are you one of the 100s of students in universities up and down the UK who are just embarking on a PhD? Are you you one of the many who have gone straight from a taught course and thrown into a research-based project at the deep end? It’s still commonplace in the UK to expect […]

1/5 students believe teaching standards are poor

A fifth of students believe that teaching standards at their university are poor, according to research. A survey of 3,400 undergraduates by the website Student Hut found that 19.6 per are unimpressed by lectures and seminars. Some 20.8 per cent believe that levels of support available outside of timetables sessions was lacking, it emerged. Dan […]

University often ‘wasted on teenagers’, says UCAS chief

Mary Curnock Cook, chief executive of the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS), says that university is sometimes “wasted on the young” because many school leavers end up choosing the wrong degree course. Too many teenagers, particularly those from middle-class backgrounds, seem to “sleepwalk” into university due to expectations from their parents, teachers and friends. […]

Model Essays Make Model Students

Having a large team of writers who represent all of the major UK universities across a broad range of academic disciplines gives us a unique insight into the state of play across UK Higher Education. It’s a great resource to have available. So, from time to time we take full advantage to find out a […]