The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee- What is it and what is happening?
You may be hearing a lot of people talking recently about the upcoming Queen’s Jubilee but what is it? 2022 is a historical year for the UK as this weekend we will be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee! From the 2nd – 5th June there…
5 Good Reasons to Choose Online Learning
The modern age of learning, watching, listening and living is online. These past two years have certainly taught us that. Zoom meetings, zoom drinks, Microsoft teams, Microsoft memes – it’s all been online for the last two years. Even Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook are at…
4 Reasons London Still Has Opportunities For You
Wow! These last two years have been a whirlwind right? What a crazy, crazy world we live in. The world has completely changed, travel has completely changed and our opportunities might have seemed to have changed a little too. Every country has seen the effects…
5 Typical English Interview Questions
Job interviews in English can be tricky as some of the questions that are asked may seem open but they require quite specific answers. We have compiled a list of the top 5 most common English interview questions and the answers that should be given….
10 Common words and phrases you will hear in an English workplace and what they mean.
In the English language, there are some phrases that can seem very strange. This is especially the case with words and phrases used in English workplaces. Below we have provided examples of the most common words and phrases you will hear in business English and…
How to Write a Professional Email in English
Emails are a major part of professional life and require specific language and formatting. Introductory emails are one of the most important as this is the first point of contact between yourself and another. This can be either requests for information, enquiries about job roles…
4 Reasons why Learning English will Improve your Career
One of the main reasons students want to learn English is to grow their job prospects but why is speaking English such an important skill to have in order to improve your career? #1: Speaking English can provide more opportunities If you learn English, you…
5 Things We Learnt about Wales on Our Van Trip
If you were following us on Instagram last month, you would have seen us (the Media team) on our jolly holidays travelling around Wales and exposing some of the curiosities and travelling hot spots of this small UK country. Our aim was to show you,…
A deadly English nursery rhyme -‘London Bridge is falling down’ (Part Two)
Continued from Part One… (If you haven’t read part one yet, click here…) Although there are now several bridges that span the River Thames today but did you know that there has been a bridge across the Thames for nearly 1,500 years and the bridge…
Did you know? A deadly English nursery rhyme -‘London Bridge is falling down’ (Part one)
By Robert Barry Dampster To date, my blogs have looked at Queen Elizabeth, a descendant of Vlad the Impaler (Dracula), the demon barber of Fleet Street & Vampires in London but a sinister famous English children’s nursery rhyme, human sacrifice & Jane Austen? Left, Wilhelm…