The Appliance of Science - Civil Engineering
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, a giant in the field of engineering, remains a constant source of inspiration for up and coming engineers. His work ranged from creating suspension bridges to building railway tracks, and no doubt influenced some of the greatest feats of civil engineering in London. Could some of the London engineering highlights persuade you to follow a civil engineering course? What a waste It may be a bit yucky, but London’s sewerage system, built in the mid-1800s, came as welcome relief. In the early part of the 19th century the Thames was really just an...

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...