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The best way to begin your story

Margaret Atwood, a woman who can captivate readers from the first sentence, sits and writes “It was dark inside the wolf”. Intriguing, right? The author certainly seems to think so, as she sits back with a satisfied grin on her face after proposing this line as the opening of a...
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By , Mar. 26, 2019

Instant Family: Review

Have you ever noticed the thing with film comedies nowadays? That they’ll put the best jokes in the trailer, implying that there’s more humour to come when the watch the film, and then it’s almost invariably not very funny. Well, I want to get something out of the way now...
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By , Mar. 25, 2019

Making the most of your essay reading

In my first year at university I hated doing further reading for essays. Why waste time reading what other academics have written when you could be coming up with something new? Essay reading is not the most engaging activity, but with some strategies you can get it done quickly and...
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By , Mar. 25, 2019

What post-18 education proposals are on offer?

The eagerly awaited Augar review, due to be published in “early 2019”, will attempt to find answers to some of the most pressing issues surrounding higher education. From increasing graduate debt and tuition fees to a lack of university department funding, the entire university sector has faced continuous calls to...
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By , Mar. 24, 2019

The boom in translated texts

With less than a week to go before Britain’s expected exit from the European Union, figures have shown an unprecedented growth in the sales of translated, European fiction. According to research commissioned by the Man Booker International (MBI) prize from Nielsen Book, sales are at their highest since records began....
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By , Mar. 24, 2019