February 27th, 2008

Writerisms

Writerisms and other Sins: A Writer’s Shortcut to Stronger Writing
By: C.J. Cherryh
Writerisms: overused and misused language. In more direct words: find ‘em, root ‘em out, and look at your prose without the underbrush.

am, is, are, was, were, being, be, been … combined with “by” or with “by … someone” implied but […]

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February 20th, 2008

University Dropout in the UK

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University dropout steady at 22%
An £800m drive to reduce the number of university dropouts has had virtually no effect, according to a report from a committee of MPs. The proportion of students who fail to complete their degree has remained at 22% for five years, it reveals.
Universities are getting larger and “can be impersonal”, and […]

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under: Studying, The Nigerian Student Tags: Studying, UK, University

February 15th, 2008

Speed Writing

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Take a leaf out of Philip M Parker’s book

Philip M Parker is the world’s fastest book author, and given that he has been at it only for about five years and already has more than 85,000 books to his name, he is also probably the most prolific.
Parker is also the most wide-ranging of authors - […]

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under: Studying Tags: Studying, Writing

February 12th, 2008

University of Wherever

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Why I chose the University of Wherever
Students no longer care much which country they are studying in. As long as the course is excellent.
It was New York, Virginia, Oslo or Leicester for PhD student Ibrahim Umar. In the end, the 37-year-old from Nigeria decided on a university in Leicester.
But it wasn’t the UK brand that […]

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under: My Story, Study Abroad, Studying Tags: International Student, Study Abroad, Studying, University