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How to mange stress during exam season

A bit of stress is perfectly normal during exam season. It can trigger your ‘fight or flight response’, giving you an extra push so you perform at your best. But when your stress becomes unrelenting, where you’re constantly anxious without any sig...

Maidenhead Tuition centre Train station

Some members and prospective members may have seen the first ever 48 sheet advert of a tuition centre in the UK at the maidenhead train station.We are proud to be pushing boundaries and are thrilled to offer high quality tuition at a affordable pr...

History Oxford interview questions

The second part of History Interview questions at Oxford by one of the BYT Tutors.Oxford History\\ St Catherines College; interview by Tom Pickles and Gervais Rosser together and by Marc Mulholland and another professor who did not teach at St Cat...

BYT tutors and The Access project

For the second time, we had the access project in our London Tuition centre with our star tutor James Weber.James gave members of the Access project an afternoon of top quality Maths lessons.James is one of a growing band of** BYT tutors** who are...

Oxford Cambridge Classics

A BYT tutor applied to both Oxford and Cambridge in Classics. This was her experience:Cambridge and Oxford 2004 and 2005 respectivelyHead of Classics at Peterhouse, Cambridge; and Head of Classics at Jesus College, OxfordAt my Cambridge interview,...

Head office jobs at Bright Young Things

BYT is hiring! Come and join the head office team. \If you are interested please contact Constance@brightyoungthings.co.uk with a short cover letter and CV.The role:Bright Young Things is seeking an engaging and enthusiastic recent graduate who is...

Maidenhead Tuition Centre - 6 months in

6 Months review of Maidenhead.Starting in Dec 2017, the Maidenhead tuition centre has developed a reputation for high quality learning in a suitably focussed learning enviroment.Ed. Webster the BYT’s operations director is thrilled with the result...

Law at Oxford

Two Bright Young Things tutors who studied Law at Oxford give their experiences at interview:1)Oxford Law Jesus College,Interviewed by: Peter Clarke and Peter MirfieldBy way of introduction, I had one interview, lasting 20 minutes. I wasn’t given ...

Beyond Shakespeare Hamlet Revision Course

We were thrilled with the A level revision course on Hamlet last week.With parents commenting on how successful the evening was.Parents testimonials included:Chris found the seminar very good (actually ‘cool’ so high praise!). He thought Charlie ...

English Oxford undergraduate interview questions

Two BYT English tutors give their experiences at the Oxford interview for their English undergraduate course:1)Cambridge English Literature \Downing College, Dr. Cathy Philips, Dr. Marcus Tomlison, Dr.Will Poole.We had a 45 minute unseen prac crit...

Oxford History undergraduate interview

Two BYT history tutors give their Oxford History undergraduate interview experiences and the questions asked of them:Oxford History, Oriel College - interviewed by Dr Cattow, Leif DixonBefore the interview I sat the History Aptitude Test and hande...

Balliol College Oxford for Classics as an undergraduate.

A tutor’s experience of being interviewed at Balliol College, Oxford for Classics as an undergraduate candidate.Balliol College interviewed by: Oliver Lyne, Osmind Murray, Rosalind Thomas, Kinch HoekstraThe Experience:Interview 1:I was not given a...

BMAT questions Tutor

Many of the BYT tutors have both passed as well as tutored for the BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) and UKCAT exams. \Here is some sample questions for the BMAT that the tutors have given for the blog.Section 1:Alex scored 147 out of a total of 2...

Come and work at BYT: Revision courses and events manager job

Here at Bright Young Things Tuition we are building out our events and revision courses for throughout the year.If you are interested please send your CV and a short cover letter toWoody ‘at’ brightyoungthings.co.ukSee below for job description:\W...

Cambridge Natural Sciences undergraduate interview questions

Cambridge Natural Sciences undergraduate interview questions. \\A BYT tutor reviewing their own experience of the Natural science interview:St Johns CollegeInterview:They could tell from my personal statement that I was more interested in physics ...

Medicine undergraduate Oxford Interview questions

Medicine undergraduate Oxford Interview questions, interview experience and advice written by one of our tutors:Oxford Medicine Undergraduate courseLady Margaret Hall and Christ Church** Interviews **12th – 13th DecDespite applying to Christ Chur...

Chinese and Geography Cambridge Trinity College Interview Questions

Chinese 2005/ Geography 2007 at Cambridge Trinity College Interview Questions:Trinity College/ Chinese - Dr Daruvala, Dr Steryx/Geography - Dr Spencer, Dr Mawdsley ,1st interview. Asked to look at a sheet of Chinese characters and pick out a sel...

Italian and French Oxford Undergraduate Course interview questions

Italian and French Oxford Undergraduate Course interview questionsOxford University, St. Peters and Lincoln College:Dr Dorigatti, Mr Southworth, Dr Conde, Dr Nitschke at Lincoln for Italian**Questions asked at Interview: **I was given a poem of a...

Cambridge English Literature undergraduate interview

Cambridge English Literature;Interviewers:Downing College, Dr. Cathy Philips, Dr. Marcus Tomlison, Dr.Will Poole.“We had a 45 minute unseen prac crit at the beginning of the interview day followed by one interview with Dr. Philips and one with Dr....

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia

1 in 5 children are born with dyslexia, but many go undiagnosed and supported for years. To spark discussion about this issue,Jessica Narowlansky presents ‘The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia’ as part of an ongoing series of talks, workshops and ...

Beyond Shakespeare - small group workshops for A Level Students | Book now

Workshop DetailsBright Young Things presents ‘Beyond Shakespeare’: a series of small group seminars for A Level students. Led by one of our leading Shakespeare tutors, these classes will cover not only the key texts, but their historical, social a...

Classics Undergradiate Interview Questions at Balliol College (Oxford University)

Oxford Classics Balliol College - Interviewers were Oliver Lyne, Osmind Murray, Rosalind Thomas, Kinch HoekstraInterview QuestionsI was not given anything to read or prepare before my interviews. My first interview focused on literature and p...

Bright Young Things x The Access Project Booster Days - Creating inclusive A Level & GCSE workshops.

Bright Young Things Boosters: Paving the way for education for allIt is a sad but too often accepted fact that the British education system provides less tothose who need it the most. This is a problem that stats early, and continues throughout ay...

Natural Sciences Undergraduate Interview Questions (Cambridge University)

Cambridge Natural Sciences Undergraduate InterviewTrinity Hall, Interviewed by Florian Hollfelder and Nick Bampos The admissions tutor (Richard Miles) and Senior Tutor (Nick Bampos) both made it clear that they were looking at HOW you thought and...

English & Drama Undergraduate Interview Questions (Cambridge University)

A sample of an interview for the Education Tripos with English and Drama Undergraduate course at Cambridge University.Given by a former pupil of the course.Education Tripos with English and Drama Undergraduate, Cambridge UniversityQuestions in the...