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Written assignments are an important part of university education. They give you a chance to exercise your skills at assessing evidence, developing and evaluating arguments, and expre...

"I read my first book when I was nineteen years old," I confessed. The hall became strangely quiet and dozens of heads turned in my direction. A little discomforted by the reaction...

At the time that Ivan Grozny crowned himself tsar in 1547 he vowed to make Russia a united country under the command of a mighty ruler. To accomplish this, he recognized several weak...

This course builds on knowledge, understanding and practice skills that you will develop during your GCSE science course. You should gain at least a GCSE grade B in biology or BB in ...

Time to put matters right in maths.... It came as a shock to me that my then Yr 6 child could not tell the time from the clock in my kitchen when I asked! I just had assumed that she...

The Odyssey seems to possess an awareness of the magnitude of the Iliad; the text has an anxiety of influence. The context of the epic has moved to a time much different to that of t...

Since its foundation, the Ecologist has challenged conventional thinking and the status quo. The relationship between the collective action of individuals and the effect on the Earth ...

English is the language spoken by millions of people, using different ways of formal or informal speaking and writing forms. Basically, English language is the language of business, i...

Up to a third of children in some parts of London have missed out on their first choice of primary school this year, figures show. Statistics published by the Pan-London Admissions B...

Exams do strange things to people. When confronted with an empty piece of paper and a time limit, slackers can thrive and swots founder. For law students - who are required to memoris...