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As part of our Be Informed posts, we want to assist you by simplifying some common education-related issues. Today we wanted to look at the differences between further education, sixth form and school-sixth form colleges. Further education colleges tend to be larger institutions with wider-ranging variety when it comes to qualifications and courses. It is…

This is a classic, much talked about topic. There seems to be a lot of enigma surrounding the move up from GCSEs to A levels. I want to untangle this topic and clarify once and for all the misconceptions about A levels. I will also go through some tangible, step by step tips and advice…

A Level results have been on a steady ascent over the last decade. Not a single year has passed without results increasingly improving, and pass rates have most recently peaked at a jaw-dropping 97%. With the high levels of stress we hear A Level burdened 17-year-olds bemoaning, it begs the question of what really is…

Russell Group universities are a cluster of twenty-four select, elite institutions established in 1994 with the aim of expressing and protecting common interests. Since its founding nineteen years ago, the Russell Group has grown and expanded with vigour and now includes some of the most prestigious “big brand” establishments in the game – including the…

Written by Esma Akkilic How many youngsters do you know who would gush excitedly over a recent book they’ve read? Struggling? Or how about this – how many do you know that would giggle elatedly over an incoming text, a facebook post or perhaps a funny tweet? Doubtlessly a handful. Reading and a love of…

The IB – or International Baccalaureate – is a qualification available as a two year course, much like the A Level. However, it is widely distinguished for its academic breadth and complexity and is often said to be more revered than A Levels. I am going to look at the key differences between these two…

It is the case that employers value a degree obtained from some universities more than they do others. For most organisations, Russell Group Universities are right at the top, followed by the so-called Red-Brick universities. Sadly, at the bottom of the pile with regards to how they value universities are the old polytechnics, which were…

It feels like only yesterday when I had sat my fraught GCSE exams (twenty-four in total, I cannot forget that figure) and was waiting patiently, anxiously for that fateful day in August where all would be revealed. In the mean-time however, something else was occupying my mind. As all students who have just completed their…

We wanted to look at the differences between further education, sixth form and school-sixth form colleges. Further education colleges tend to be larger institutions with wider-ranging variety when it comes to qualifications and courses. It is likely that you will find people of different ages, social and educational backgrounds at these colleges. The array of…

There has been an ever-growing discussion in the national media about the use of contextual information at the point of applications to universities in order to weigh the balance more strongly in favour of the poorest students. Those attending Russell Group universities are in the minority and many have called for that balance to be…