Over four days in April 2018, Dr Alexander Mitlehner took students from Greene’s to visit geological exposures spanning some 180 million years of the Earth’s history; going back in time from the Tertiary clays and sands around Barton-on-Sea back to the earliest Jurassic strata exposed in cliffs around Lyme Regis, in the far west of [...]
Greene’s has signed a Friendship Agreement with Hefei No. 6 College, A level Centre. Hefei is the capital and largest city of Anhui Province in China. A prefecture-level city, Hefei is the political, economic, and cultural centre of Anhui. The partnership with Hefei No. 6 College, A level Centre will allow us to work together [...]
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 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 [...]
“Thank you so much for everything you did for Harry and his retakes. We are beyond thrilled with his results – going from a U in his ECON 4 for an A is remarkable. He has got his place at Exeter which could not have been achieved without your brilliant tutors.” (from the parent of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Even if you feel confident, it does not harm to have a back-up plan. Here are four simple things you should do this summer: Research universities and courses you are interested in with entry requirements below your insurance offer – you can use the UCAS search function to do so; Make a list [...]
Preparing for the future at Greene’s Greene’s has featured in this year’s Oxford Times Education Yearbook 2017 with an editorial well worth reading from Managing Director, Christopher Upton, headlined ‘Preparing for the future’. In a year when Prime Minister Theresa May has stimulated discussion in England by announcing her desire to bring back academic selection [...]
Margaret has undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Nuroscience from the University of Indiana (U.S.) and is currently working on her D.Phil on Experimental Psychology at the University of Oxford. Margaret brings a wealth of undergraduate and further education tutoring experiences to Greene’s. She has worked with undergraduate students from a third-year cognitive psychology course and [...]
