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Find out more about passing your exams to get into university, preparing for university life, and choosing where to go based on UK universities' year abroad offerings. Read top tips from current students, get help with your exams and much more.
Please do ask in our Forum if you have any questions, and check out these transition resources produced by Routes into Languages West Midlands to help you move from A Level to degree level in Spanish, French and German.
Please do ask in our Forum if you have any questions, and check out these transition resources produced by Routes into Languages West Midlands to help you move from A Level to degree level in Spanish, French and German.
- Taking a Gap Year
- UK university courses which offer a year abroad
- How to ace your exams and how to prepare for university life
- What to do if your grades aren't good enough
- Consider doing your whole degree abroad
- The benefits of studying languages at university - top tips for studying 3 languages at university
- What you can get up to on your year abroad
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Non-language university courses which include a year abroad
Written by Lizzie Fane Tuesday, 08 January 2013The year abroad is not just for linguists! There is an absolutely HUGE range of UK university courses for scientists, humanists, artists and mathematicians which include a year abroad.Published in Sixth Form -
Choose your UK university based on its year abroad offering
Monday, 13 February 2012If you are considering doing an undergraduate degree at a UK university, it is quite likely that you have the option to study abroad whatever your degree course!
(here are 100 reasons to study abroad, to remind you why it's so important to go...)
Some universities are much more flexible and open to this than others though, so it's very important that you know your options before you apply - you don't want to get a nasty surprise in second year as your university prevents you from having the best year of your life!Published in Sixth Form -
Amy Bottrill is in her 2nd year of studying Languages at university. Here, she tells students why they should think about pursuing a degree in Modern Languages, from the fun, to the studies, to the imminent arrival of the year abroad...Published in Sixth Form -
With many projects and organisations offering tailor-made gap years, it comes as no surprise more than a third of students decide to take a year out before university to hone soft skills. What is now becoming increasingly more common is for graduates to look towards taking a career gap between university and graduate schemes, in order to boost their CV. Reasons for taking some time out vary: an urge to travel, work on voluntary projects, get a taste of working life...Yet, despite this increase, with tuition fees set to rise up to £9,000 per annum, many A-Level students are thinking twice about delaying their degree. Critics (including David Mitchell) have shunned the gap year as a waste of time, even going so far as to say: “the less they know of the unreal world across the glittering sea, the less cheated they'll feel.”Published in Sixth Form -
Between sorting out your university halls, what to take and what to leave behind with Mum and Dad, you’ll undoubtedly come across bank adverts claiming to have the ‘best student account’ on the market. Who to go with? Do you stay on with the same bank or look elsewhere? Tim Asher, current student, lets you know what are the best on the market:Published in Sixth Form
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I am currently studying at Bangor University, doing a joint honours degree in French and German with Spanish. Surprisingly the ability to study three languages at degree level is in fact extremely rare, in spite of a growing increase in companies and jobs which list the ability to speak at least one language as one of their requirements.Published in Sixth FormTags -
How to pick your uni by course: Modern Languages
Written by Natacha Cullinan Monday, 17 October 2011As you are ordering your university prospectuses to study languages, eager to get your final year of 6th form out of the way so as to become a real student, you might feel a little overwhelmed at just how many unis are on offer, what combinations to go for and what you should be looking out for. Here is our uni checklist (compiled by students), to help you pick which Modern Languages course:
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Most sixth formers face a tough decision as they enter Year 13 - what university and course should they choose? With more than 300 recognised institutions according to UCAS (and that’s just in the UK), coupled with the prospect of spending 3 to 4 years there, it’s important for students to consider all the options open to them. Even if you’re planning on studying abroad, you need to look into what university suits you best. It’s not just about social life or exams, it’s also about prioritising certain factors over others and compromising where need be. To find out more about what to look out for when choosing your place of study, read on...Published in Sixth Form -
Find out more about university life, with top tips from current students, help with your exams and much more...
- How to prepare for university life
- How to ace your exams
- The best student bank accounts
- Why you should study languages at university
- What you can get up to on your year abroad
- Work abroad during your summer holidays
- What to do if your grades aren't good enough
- Language transition materials for moving from A Level to degree level
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Can't cook, won't cook: Student cookbooks
Written by Ben EvansArmed with a saucepan, a couple of wooden spoons and a knife, you’ve entered Studentsville and are ready to tackle those greens in the fridge, in the distant hope of making something mildly comestible. Student eating is typically thought to consist of baked beans, bacon and brown bread (there goes the fibre intake) as early 20 somethings fly the nest sans cooking skills. Why not invest in a cookery book to help tackle a tight budget whilst keeping healthy? Here’s our list of the best books around:Published in Sixth Form
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