ucas Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/ucas/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:06:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Panicking about your Personal Statement? Here’s a checklist to make it Top University Ready https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/panicking-about-your-personal-statement-heres-a-checklist-to-make-it-top-university-ready/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/panicking-about-your-personal-statement-heres-a-checklist-to-make-it-top-university-ready/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:06:22 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=31426 Personal statement advice comes in from all directions: from teachers, and school friends, to the internet. However, with this overwhelming mass of information, it is difficult to synthesise what is really important.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/panicking-about-your-personal-statement-heres-a-checklist-to-make-it-top-university-ready/feed/ 0 The Rulebook of Oxbridge Written Work https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-rulebook-of-oxbridge-written-work/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-rulebook-of-oxbridge-written-work/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 03:21:29 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=30443 An almost unspoken stage of the Oxbridge process is the submission of written work. Too many students believe it to be of little relevance. With the interview, admissions test and interview, how will a school essay be the grain to tip the balance from rejection to acceptance?

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-rulebook-of-oxbridge-written-work/feed/ 0 Narrowing Down the UCAS Options https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/narrowing-down-the-ucas-options/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/narrowing-down-the-ucas-options/#respond Tue, 13 Sep 2022 03:10:42 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=29986 No matter how set on one university you may be, you will always need a backup… 4 backups, in fact. So, how do you choose which universities to apply to? With the course, location, reputation and distance from home to consider, it is easy to feel overwhelmed. However, here is a comprehensive guide to choosing the 5 UCAS options.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/narrowing-down-the-ucas-options/feed/ 0 Tackling the Personal Statement https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/columns/tackling-the-personal-statemeent/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/columns/tackling-the-personal-statemeent/#respond Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:46:44 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=24308 Ellie Whelan 4000 characters. A page of writing. Surely, writing a personal statement takes no time at all? As anyone who has sent off a UCAS form has discovered, this couldn’t be further from the truth. From deciding on a captivating opening sentence, to selecting which books or articles to

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