Both Oxford and Cambridge are widely recognised as world-class educational institutions, and their reputation for excellence spans a wide range of disciplines. Applying to one of these schools is a competitive process, and it can be difficult if your grades aren’t the best. Acceptance is competitive, but it can be increased with hard work and…
Why you shouldn’t study history Hard time finding work While it is true that history graduates are notoriously amongst the most sought after graduates in general, it remains a fact that if you wish to work amongst other historians, you are unlikely to find work anytime soon. History related jobs are more or less confined…
Doing a Masters in public health is a pretty big undertaking for any student hoping to make a difference in the healthcare sector. One of the biggest decisions aspiring students must make is deciding on studying the course via distance learning, or via in-person classroom learning. The increased demand to deliver course content online, brought…
Whether for Christmas, as a birthday gift or a simple reward to yourself for all your hard work, getting a new phone can be an exciting occasion for anybody. The last thing you would want is to spend money on a phone that isn’t any good, or way too expensive for its features, especially when…
I’ve posted about the reasons why you should avoid studying nursing several times. The truth of the matter is nursing is a very important and respectable career path. Many people find lifelong success and true fulfilment studying nursing. Here are some of the reasons why. Guaranteed job opportunity Nurses are often guaranteed jobs upon completing…
While in the past I may have written many negative things about my experiences studying biomedical science, my general outlook on the degree has never been totally cynical! Having been out of the degree for several years now, I have had some time to reflect on my biomedical science experiences. This has led me to…
With the recent pandemic, public health has been getting a lot of attention. Many students are now considering whether a career in public health is for them or not. Having done a public health degree, it can be tricky to advise people without being biased to the benefits of the discipline. In this post, however,…
We’ve all been there! Everyone who has ever made the decision to study for an undergraduate or postgraduate degree has considered either taking time off, or quitting altogether! Degrees like biomedical science and medicine suffer from high dropout rates from their cohorts, and this is a problem that universities must handle better. Maybe it’s the…
Both the physician associate program and the medicine program train aspiring students to practice via the medical model to treat patients and uphold values of their respective professions. There is often discussion about which profession is best for students, and which offers the least stress both at university and on the job. So, physician associate…
Chances are you initially chose to study biomedical science so you can study postgraduate medicine afterwards. After the harsh realisation that postgraduate medicine is very hard to get into, you’re now looking for other options. Whether or not this is you, you’re in luck because the right master’s degree can make your fairly meaningless degree…
