Since its launch in 2006, the micro-blogging site Twitter has greatly changed the dynamics between politicians and the general public. Once we would have depended on the media to glean what elected officials might be thinking or feeling. Now we can come close to...
In part one of this blog ( https://www.oxfordhomeschooling.co.uk/blog/6-easy-ways-to-improve-your-writing-part-1/ ), I shared three of George Orwell’s ‘Six Elementary Rules for Writing’ and showed how you can use them to help improve your writing. Here, I’ll...
For almost all students, some element of writing is a non-negotiable part of your course. Whether you’re engaged in distance learning or physically attend a college or university, your writing is likely to be read, scrutinised and marked. In fact, the way you write,...
Films can inspire and make us think. Therefore it should be no surprise that there are a few that could help the struggling student. We all hit motivational brick walls at some point, when we just can’t be bothered to think about what we have to do, let alone pick up...
25 years ago, the world’s first serious blog appeared, ushering in a new age of sharing information. Since then, blogs have fundamentally changed much about daily life; how people express themselves, follow the news, even how they learn. It’s also how many of...
Why Macbeth Really Didn’t Help It’s fair to say that we’ve come a long way since Shakespeare’s time, understanding the true causes of crop failure, mental illness and adverse weather. Thanks, Science! 400 years ago, though, it seemed reasonable – and easy...
