Tag: a level physics

Changing keys: from jazz guitar at a conservatoire to an engineering degree at the University of Sheffield

Changing keys: from jazz guitar at a conservatoire to an engineering degree at the University of Sheffield

Toby left school with a string of A*s at GCSE, but the experience of suffering a bereavement during his exams led him to abandon academic study in favour of music. After achieving a qualification in sound engineering at sixth form, Toby auditioned for a conservatoire and gained entry playing jazz guitar. He soon realised, however, […]

The STEM home educator’s guide to navigating Biology Week and World Space Week

The STEM home educator’s guide to navigating Biology Week and World Space Week blue and yellow macaw lifts up its right wing

STEM educational weeks are only marginally better than buses: you wait for one and then suddenly it’s both Biology Week and World Space Week jostling for space in a seven-day overlap.  If you’re anxiously scratching your head and wondering how best to combine these two extracurricular programmes in your child’s busy homeschooling timetable, you’ve come […]

Three A levels alongside full time work allows NEC student to return to university for second degree

Three A levels alongside full time work allows NEC student to return to university for second degree

NEC students study with us for a variety of reasons, including choosing to take qualifications that will allow them to change career direction.  Yue chose to take three A levels with NEC in order to go back to university. Already working in a full time job in London, she decided that she wanted to return […]