Category Archives: Events
When A levels go wrong: Clearing or Retakes?
It’s now only one week until CIE A level results are released and nine days until the other boards’ results are released. You’ve applied through UCAS, you’ve got your firm and insurance offers confirmed, so what happens if you don’t make the grades? First of all: don’t panic! You’re not alone – over 60,000 students [...]
Edward Greene – 8th October, 1937 to 17th October, 2018
Edward Greene passed away at his home on Pembroke Street in central Oxford on 17th October, 2018. Edward Greene started the tutorial college that bears his name in 1967, in central Oxford. It was known as Edward Greene’s Tutorial Establishment and was the first of its kind in Oxford. Edward’s larger than life personality ensured [...]
Geoscience open day at the University of Birmingham
Geoscience students at Greene’s accompanied by Dr Alex Mitlehner, attended an Open Day at the Faculty of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham. The day included a tour of the faculty, including the award-winning Lapworth Museum of Geology (adjacent to the faculty) where they were able to handle valuable fossil and mineral specimens, [...]
Greene’s exhibits paintings by Vítor Pomar
Greene’s is currently privileged to be hosting an exhibition of paintings by Vítor Pomar. The exhibition opened on 15th September, 2017 and will run for the remainder of the academic year. Vítor Pomar has exhibited widely and is recognised as an influential artist of his generation with his works forming part of the permanent collection at [...]
Clearing 2017 – the best approach to your clearing call
It is results day and you have missed out on your grades. What is the best way to approach clearing? Your Clearing call could be an interview, so organisation is key. Here are some essential tips: Before the call Make sure you have to hand: – Your UCAS Track username and password – Your UCAS Personal [...]
A level results are released next week: Are you fully prepared? Read our step-by-step guide.
Step-by-step guide to results day 8.00 a.m – UCAS Track goes live. You will be able to see your university confirmation. Remember that your marks will not appear on UCAS. You will need to get these from your exam centre. Have you met your grades? UCAS Track will say you have been accepted into either [...]
Confused about UCAS clearing for university entrance? Here are five facts you need to know.
If you want to go to university but do not have an offer – or are worried about not being able to meet your offers – UCAS clearing could be for you. Clearing is where you can see last minute university places available and decide if any are suitable for you. Here are five key [...]
Thank You, NASA!
An incredible book called ‘Our Changing Planet, The View From Space’, has just landed at Greene’s, direct from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre. Having watched NASA’s Steve Graham give his Hyperwall talk, “Overview of NASA’s Earth Observing Satellites and Models” at the European Geoscience General Assembly in Vienna recently, this book is a welcome edition to the [...]
Rhinos without borders take flight
Conservation group Rhinos Without Borders have captured today’s headlines thanks to BBC News who ran a home page story ‘How do you make a rhino fly?’. It may well sound like a line from the ‘Do elephants fly in jumbo jets’ book of jokes, but no. It’s a serious story about the conservation group’s anti-poaching [...]
New evidence of earliest life discovered
Researchers from University College London (UCL) have discovered fossil evidence for the earliest life forms yet found on Earth. Microscopic filaments of primitive bacteria recovered from a sequence of iron-rich sedimentary and volcanic deposits located in northern Quebec, Canada which push back the record of life on Earth to some 4.2 billion years ago, some [...]