Changing Course or Institution After You Have Started
What UCAS, Bristol and the University of Cyprus publish about changing course, plus a worked funding example showing why timing matters.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
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Learning a Trade in Africa: Certificates, Costs and What Official Data Shows
How trade certification works in Kenya, Uganda and Nigeria, what Uganda and Cameroon labour surveys say about craft work and informal pay, and a payback sum.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
Paying for university in Cameroon without a scholarship: a worked budget and the gap
A 9-month budget for a Cameroonian student with the arithmetic shown, the fees we could verify, and the MINESUP and bank programmes that can cover part.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
Preparing for a Concours in Your Second Language
What a second-language paper rewards, from the GCE Board 2023 French report and 2026 pass rates, plus a real MINESUP concours format with timing sums.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
Formulas You Keep Forgetting: Practise Choosing, Not Just Recalling
Why drilling formulas fails, what mixed practice did in two studies, and six worked situation cards using the Cambridge Physics 9702 formula sheet.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
How to Ask for a Reference Letter, and What to Send With the Request
A detailed letter from a teacher who taught you beats a vague one from someone impressive who barely knows you. The difference is mostly decided by how you ask, and by what you send them unprompted.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
Mobile Money for School Fees: What Actually Works
School-fee charges and limits published by MTN Cameroon, MTN Uganda and the Bank of Ghana, with worked examples and a bursary checklist.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
Exam Anxiety: What Helps and What Makes It Worse
What test anxiety does to exam results, what NHS guidance recommends for sleep, breathing and the exam hall, and where to turn when help is thin.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
Motivation letter rewrite: a before-and-after with the mistakes selectors name
A composed (not real) motivation letter rewritten against the mistakes Chevening's reading committees listed, plus what Fulbright, DAAD and Erasmus ask.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor
Mock Exams: How to Get Real Value From a Result You Hate
A worked mock-exam audit with the arithmetic shown (labelled illustrative), linked to the exam-wrapper method and testing-effect evidence.
Cyril Bongnyu
Founder and editor