University Archives | MyTutor https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 17:43:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 What I wish I’d known about uni housing https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/mytutor/what-i-wish-id-known-about-uni-housing/ Wed, 27 Jul 2022 17:53:32 +0000 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/?p=11852 This is a guest blog post written by Frances Hand, a Maths and English tutor on the platform. So, first term has been a blast! You’ve made some new friends, tried your hand at a couple of societies and pulled...

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]]> The MyTutor Guide to UCAS: Your One-Stop Guide https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/the-mytutor-guide-to-ucas-your-one-stop-guide/ https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/the-mytutor-guide-to-ucas-your-one-stop-guide/#respond Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:29:21 +0000 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/?p=8997 Your teen’s UCAS application is a new and daunting process. If all goes well, they’ll get a place at a great university and move on up from there. In the case that things don’t go to plan though, they can...

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]]> https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/the-mytutor-guide-to-ucas-your-one-stop-guide/feed/ 0 New Year resolutions for students and the apps to help keep them https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/gcse/new-year-resolutions/ https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/gcse/new-year-resolutions/#respond Mon, 31 Dec 2018 12:00:20 +0000 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/?p=7735 Worried about your children sticking to their New Year resolutions? Or worried they won’t make the right ones? We’ve put together a guide on the perfect New Year resolutions for students and apps they can use to stick to them....

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]]> https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/studying-at-imperial/feed/ 0 Applying to university: becoming a medical student https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/medical-student/ https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/medical-student/#respond Thu, 09 Aug 2018 09:00:34 +0000 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/?p=7351 If you have spoken to any professionals about your ambitions to pursue medicine, they have undoubtedly told you that it is not for the faint-hearted. After spending 5-6 years at university, years of training await you not to mention the...

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]]> https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/st-andrews/feed/ 0 Applying to university: studying Physics https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university-subjects/physics/ https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university-subjects/physics/#respond Thu, 26 Jul 2018 09:00:59 +0000 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/?p=7333 Any keen readers of the MyTutor blog over the last year may remember a piece on why physics can in fact be cool. The author? Yours truly. I’d recommend reading it first if you’re considering physics. Then if you’re still...

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]]> https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university-subjects/physics/feed/ 0 Applying to university: studying at the University of Exeter https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/university-of-exeter/ https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/parents/university/university-of-exeter/#respond Thu, 19 Jul 2018 09:00:34 +0000 https://www.mytutor.co.uk/blog/?p=7321 Choosing the right university seems like one of life’s hardest choices at the time. I would like to convince you that you would love it the most in the land of the Teletubbies, at the University of Exeter. Workload In...

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