Subject Overview: Undergraduate Applied and Pure Sciences
The sciences are among the oldest academic subjects, but by their very nature they are also the most cutting edge and are constantly evolving. As new breakthroughs are made each year, science changes and develops and makes for many fascinating areas of study. From chemical advances that help to treat cancer and AIDS to innovations in quantum physics that have provided us with lasers and space shuttles, scientists aren’t just people in white lab coats who deal in abstract conundrums. Each discipline and development has a practical purpose. Science has many applications....

Tips and Traps for the First year
We at Hotcourses have our fair share of university experiences between us, so here are some things we wish we’d read before we started the first year of University First year work ethic Being a student requires more careful time management than at school – as well as having lectures scattered all over your timetable, you will be expected to spend a lot of study hours reading and doing assignments, and you will have to organise all this yourself. Whilst this can seem like an annoying distraction from the important first year business of making friends and generally having a good time, it’ll...