Scotland Celebrates St. Andrew’s Day 2017
St. Andrew the Apostle has a special place in the hearts of Scots. In honour of Scotland’s patron saint, 30th November is considered a bank holiday to celebrate St. Andrew’s Day. This feast day is not only celebrated in Scotland, but in other parts of the world especially countries that consider him their patron saint. […]
Essay Writer Blog Turns One: A 2012 Yearend Review
With a few days left behind in 2012, let us look back at important education news that made us sit back and take notice this year. Tuition fee increase. This year students felt a huge impact from government budget cuts for higher education that resulted to universities increasing tuition fees to a new maximum amount […]
UK Economy Benefits from Students with A Level and Degree Qualifications, Study Finds
Research published on 9 June 2012 by the Institute for Public Policy Research on behalf of the University and College Union suggests that the UK economy gains over two hundred thousand pounds from students who have earned A level qualifications and university degrees. For degree holders, this is almost 10 times what the state spends […]
University Drop-out Figures Increase – Economy Blamed
Latest figures released by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa) reflect a rise in the number of university students dropping out in UK universities. Below are the university drop-out rates for 2009-10 and how they compare with the figures from 2008-09: Scotland: 9.4% – up from 9.3% Wales: 9% – up from 7.4% England: 8.4% […]
Happy New Year from the Essay Writer team!
The New Year is but a few short days away. Before we welcome the New Year, however, we look back on some of the milestones that Essay Writer has achieved this past year: Every Essay Writer customer now has easy access to their orders and account information with the new Customer Control Panel. The Live […]