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What’s the Difference Between Functional Skills and GCSEs?

August 22, 2025
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If you have a career goal in mind, often you will require qualifications to achieve it. Certain professions will only accept you if you have a degree, while most need you to have either GCSEs or Functional Skills as a minimum. Most people are[...]
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How to Take A Levels as an Adult

May 30, 2025
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Advanced level qualifications, or A Levels as they are otherwise known, are further education programmes that bridge the gap between GCSE and higher-level study. Studying one of these nationally recognised and regulated Level 3 qualifications can create[...]
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How to Become a Midwife with No Qualifications

May 2, 2025
FAQs Answered – Becoming a Midwife

If you have a passion for midwifery, then naturally you’ll be asking yourself ‘how do I become a midwife?’. In the past, routes into the profession were more limited, with a strict list of qualifications to complete, but now you can become[...]
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How to Answer Teacher Strengths and Weaknesses Interview Questions

April 2, 2025
How to Answer Teacher Strength and Weakness Interview Questions

Whatever industry you work in, interviews follow a broadly similar format. The reason for this is simple, it gives hiring managers a good understanding of what you’re like as a person. Ultimately, a CV or a job application will only get you so far.[...]
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What Qualifications Do You Need to Become a Social Worker?

January 21, 2025
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If you would like to help enhance the lives of vulnerable people and families, then a role as a Social Worker could be suited to you. There are many services across the UK that aim to support those who need extra help to navigate through their lives.   Some[...]
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5 Key Principles Of Nutrition

January 10, 2025
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There is a general consensus that life is good when we feel good. On those days where everything just feels right in ourselves, we feel like we can take on the world. It’s easier to smile, and there is usually a spring in our step as we go about our[...]
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How to Become a Child Psychologist

November 29, 2024
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The way that we think about child development has changed. In the past, children were seen as little adults whose minds were effectively blank slates. They were dressed and treated like grown-ups, with exposure to education believed to be all[...]
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FAQs Answered – How to Become a Nurse

November 1, 2024
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There are so many reasons why people feel compelled to dedicate their lives to working as a Nurse, whether this is a lifelong vocation or something they choose to pursue in their later years.   Working as a Nurse provides a lifeline to so[...]
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What GCSEs Do You Need to Become a Doctor?

March 23, 2022
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Wanting to become a Doctor is a noble ambition as it’s a commitment to helping others and saving lives. Achieving that goal is a genuine accomplishment, and the result of years of hard work and study. If you’re considering a career as a Doctor, then[...]
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Become a Doctor without A Levels

March 9, 2022
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Many of us at some point in our childhoods wanted to be a Doctor when we grew up. Whatever attracted us to the job, it saw us perform fake medical procedures on teddies and unwitting friends.  Bolstered by a slew of medical TV dramas, some of[...]
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