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Can you pass the SQA Higher Maths exam?

by Sarah Adams

Earlier this week, Scottish students received their exam results. Congratulations to all our students who took part and secured the results they were after!

Overall, students achieved a record 156,000 Higher passes, up 5.5 per cent on 2014, with the number of Scottish-domiciled students securing un...

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Dealing With Exam Nerves

by Sarah Adams

Do you suffer from exam nerves? Psychologists from the University of Surrey have discovered heightened results in memory when your eyes are shut. Cognitive therapist, Art Markman explains that shutting off your vision is helpful when you're trying to dig up lost information in your brain. When you a...

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Boost Your Brainpower With Brain Food!

by Sarah Adams

Nutritional therapist, Jane Jo Lewis recommends eating well to optimise both mental and physical health.

Low GI wholegrain foods such as oats, brown cereals and pasta along with wholegrain bread, can help slowly release glucose into your body; a great source of energy- ideal for long stretches of r...

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GCSE Reform 2015

by Sarah Adams

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Out with the old and in with the new. From September 2015 new GCSEs will be taught in schools and colleges across England. Year 9 students who will be making their GCSE choices this year, will unearth a change to the mandatory subjects; English Language, English Literatur...

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Top Ten Exam Survival Tips!

by Hayley Cook

A recent article on NewStatesman (http://www.newstatesman.com/education/2014/05/laurie-penny-how-pass-your-damn-exams) has criticised exams, stating that they are a 'pointless waste of time' and that the key to passing them is how well you 'play the system'. The article claims that a good exam techn...

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