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Here in this section you'll find general advice on what the experience is like in universities and colleges. The following articles will discuss things such as the social aspect of higher education, choosing a campus, and studying abroad, among other things.

Alternative Options Bracknell

One option is to re-sit your A levels to try to improve your grades. If you decide to re-sit, it's probably best to do so at a sixth form or tutorial college (sometimes referred to as independent sixth-form colleges).

Applying for Clearing Bracknell

If you're at school or at a sixth form college in the UK, you should ask your careers adviser or teacher for a clearing application form. It's important to apply via your school or college as each has its own UCAS code number which you'll need to quote.

Fitting In Bracknell

Universities - horrible bastions of privilege and discrimination, all ivory towers and summer balls. Hardly the place in which you would want to he part of any minority group. Actually, despite their reputation for being stuck-up, elitist and too slow to change, universities can be interesting and safe places to meet all kinds of other people and to explore your own identity and theirs.

Staying at Home Bracknell

Studying from home is an increasingly attractive option for students at conventional universities - hardly surprising given the economic pressures. It obviously cuts down on food and rent (assuming your family don't push you for every penny they can), then there's the tantalising possibility of a laundry and ironing service and the feeling of generally being looked after - a place where the food includes fresh vegetables.

Studying Abroad Bracknell

Given the enthusiasm with which the British have bought up cheap flights to Europe or even just booze cruises, you might imagine that the prospect of spending three to 12 months studying at a European university and a grant of around a 1,000 euros would appeal. But no, surprisingly few students ever take up the opportunity offered by schemes such as the UK Socrates-Erasmus Co...

Studying Away from Home Bracknell

Living in small university towns can give a feeling of community, and every-thing is easy to reach. In such places, the university is often a dominant force locally (which can breed that town versus gown resentment), but everything may feel a little small-scale - the local cinema is still playing Die Hard 2 and the last band to play a gig there was Level 42.

The Campus Bracknell

Most utopias never actually get built (and when they are, they're mocked; take Milton Keynes, or Disneyland, or even, if you really must, Michael Jackson's Neverland). But there are a number of places in Britain where architects were given a pretty astonishing brief. They were asked to design, from scratch, a little town where a few thousand young, intelligent, occasionally physically active individuals could study and play at the state's expense, where mathematicians would exchange ideas with linguists; biologists would cross-fertilise with art historians.

The Social Life Bracknell

University is famed for its social life - indeed it is one of the things that many prospective students most look forward to about leaving home. There'll not only be the usual array of pubs and clubs to visit, but also a host of university societies, sports clubs and events to keep you gloriously entertained well into the wee hours.

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England vs Australia ODI's / 1st Natwest ODI
Dates: 29/06/2012 - 29/06/2012
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