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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Want to go to a UK university? Don't ask me to help you write your personal statement | Zoe Williams

University applicants face pressure to produce extraordinary, polished personal statements and feel disadvantaged unless they show exceptional, often elite extracurricular experiences.
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

So What If Gen Z Are Getting Phone Call Lessons In School? Most Adults Could Use Them

Speaking to The Times, Saxton explained that calls to UCAS have dropped by a third since 2019. "That is how difficult teenagers these days can find how to make a phone call," she told the publication. It seems quite practical to run mock phone interviews with them, then. In the same Times article, James Johnstone, head teacher at Bacup & Rawtenstall Grammar School, said the phone call course his school devised also taught students how to hold a university interview, manage student loans, advocate for their rights as tenants, and cook healthy meals.
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