A-Levels

  • A-Level U-Turn Plunges University Into Admissions Chaos

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    August 26, 2020 19:39
    The University of Nottingham admissions team are scrambling to help anxious students after the government’s devastating decision to revert to teacher-assessed A level grades....

  • Impostor Syndrome At Uni: Accepting Your Authentic Self

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    July 17, 2020 14:29
    At any talk or network event, there is always an inspirational speaker with admirable confidence stood in front of me, so I intuitively ask if they’ve ever experienced feelings of unworthiness. They all say yes. Impostor Syndrome, characterised by low self-esteem, self-doubt, and feelings of inadequacy, plagues too many...

  • University of Nottingham ends unconditional offers

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    January 31, 2019 09:00
    The University took the decision in December to end its High Achievers scheme, introduced in 2014 to secure and support the most talented students. The scheme’s use of unconditional offers initially proved useful in attracting applicants from disadvantaged backgrounds and delivered modest gains in student recruitment and conversion in...

  • September Book of the Month: One for the Freshers!

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    September 25, 2017 16:23
    TITLE: Radio Silence AUTHOR: Alice Oseman GENRE: YA fiction PUBLISHER: HarperCollins PUBLISHED: 2016 PAGES: 403 WARNING: Some emotional abuse and bullying. The perfect September read, Alice Oseman’s second novel, Radio Silence, is a brilliant example of a young adult book that doesn’t follow the dystopian trend. Set in the real world, with A Levels and university looming...

  • University Dropouts: What Happens When Your Course Isn’t Everything You Hoped For

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    November 29, 2016 10:23
    £9k is a LOT of money by anyone’s standards. But for a course you might not even like, it’s an even more staggering amount to comprehend. As university students, this is made all the more worse by the amount of work we all had to do before even reaching our...

  • Is University Elitism Making a Comeback?

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    September 25, 2015 12:56
    In the week that the University of Cambridge has announced that it is considering plans to reintroduce a universal entry test, Impact discusses the validity of A Level results in the modern world of higher education. The academics at Cambridge who are considering the move could potentially be viewed...

  • Should Selfies Be Studied?

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    August 3, 2014 22:17
    Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and the Pope. Not three names that usually appear adjacently on a list, but these three public figures all have something in common; they’ve all been the subject of a famous selfie. The modern trend of taking a picture of oneself has thrived alongside the...