Is it healthy to move to IGCSE from CBSE after completing class 10th in the latter?
HelloThank you for A2A! Being an instructor of subjects physics and chemstry for IGCSE I can tell you what I actually find as a difference between these boards.Firstly about CBSE board the studies are mostly theoretical based. Students has to go through the textbooks and need to have in depth knowledge about textual content. The pattern of questions asked in papers is straight and point to point. The exam pattern is semester based.Now coming to IGCSE it is totally different than CBSE in terms of curriculum and conduction. The equivalent level of 11th/12th is called as A/As level which is governed by CIE. The curriculum of CIE education is completely conceptual based where in student has to understand the concepts and apply them to answer question asked in paper. The text books are just as reference books to know the concepts and otherwise won't be useful much for exams. The grading system is different.So over all the major difference to understand here is CIE education judges students based on how much they really understand and apply whereas CBSE judges students based on how much they can memorise! So initially student may find it difficult to cop up with the studies of CIE but if he/she is willing to adapt the way CIE works then it would definitely be a best choice!All the best! If any more questions, feel free to ask!
What should I choose as I am confused between MSc in Electronics and Engineering Management and I am interested in both? Which one should I choose? Which has better scope considering UK?
Thanks for the A2A!If I am not mistaken, you are probably from India and looking to get a good return on your degree. I don't mean to dishearten you but it is almost impossible for a Tier 4 graduate to find an employer willing to sponsor the Tier 2 visa for employment. It happens but only in rare circumstances. The employers have to pay Immigration Health Surcharge (£1000 for 5 years) plus Certificate of Sponsorship fee (~£200) and fees for immigration advisory services (usually ~£1000). These costs add up for the employer and hence they prefer not to sponsor and employ a local UK or Eu candidate, even if they are not qualified as you are. Most engineers that work in the UK, tend not to have university degrees. They get apprenticeships with the engineering companies after GCSE's (equivalent to 10th grade in India) and qualify with HNC/HND type degrees. So your degree won't mean much in the engineering world in UK, which is more about experience than degrees.Having said all of the above, you will have more chances with MSc in Electronics as your job would be on the shortage occupation list, meaning that there is a skills shortage in UK for electronics engineers. Additionally, no engineering company in their right mind would hire you as an engineering manager straight out of university and you will lack expertise in any particular discipline. If you do decide to pursue electronics then some companies that offer sponsorship (if you are lucky) in the electronics field are Nxperia, ASML, etc. If you don't like semiconductors then try to focus on programming during your course and you may be picked up by Nvidea, Google, Microsoft, etc. Your chances with pure electronics will be greater than engineering management.This answer is based purely on my personal opinion and having traversed the UK job market for the last 8 years.
Access course?
hello there! 1) well all the work is condensed in one year. basically access courses are not that much different to a-levels in terms of course content. think of it this way: it's a-levels but for mature students who lack the formal qualifications that university admissions staff expect students such as yourself should have but don't. but yes it takes a lot of persistence, hard work and effort 2) the work is level 3- that is equivalent to grades A-B in A-levels 3) yes there is a lot of work involved. you do practical and theoretical work comprised of writing essays, as well as study skills such as learning to reference your essays, how to write one up, to name. in some access courses there is even an exam involved as well- for mine's i had to do an exam 4) yes i got into university- i passed with 16 level 3's- the minimum needed to get to university but this varies with different universities as some would expect more than a pass to get in hope this helps. if you intend on taking up an access course then may i wish you well in your studies
Anyone getting exam results tomorrow? Please make dua for me :(?
Yes I will make du'a for you and do the same for me too sis! Im getting my A-levels as well, Inshallah but I dont need amazing grades for the course I am doing. Apparently, I am not good enough for a degree so HNC/HND course for me, inshallah. I will pray for you though. :) Salam
I took an I.Q test and scored 115. Could anyone tell me exactly what this means? Thank you.?
It means you are on the smart side of average. You would scrape into a grammar school, and easily be top of the class in what used to be the technical schools (one up from the comprehensives). You should have scored above C grade on at least 8 GCSEs, but would have trouble passing more than 2 A levels. With work, an HNC is possible, but a degree would be a waste of time. Does that help?
What is the role of brushes in an AC generator?
It is more efficient to design an AC generator without brushes. However, some AC generators still use them. Brushes carry the current outside the generator.The rotor coils (windings) turn inside a stationary magnetic field which creates (induces) electrical current within the coils. The coils are connected to slip rings. The brushes “Brush” against the slip rings and make electrical contact with them. The slip rings turn, the brushes do not. The current is transferred from the slip rings to the brushes and from there to wires that carry the current to the outside world.The magnetic field in a brushless generator is produced by the rotor. The magnetic field turns with the rotor instead of remaining stationary. This has the same effect and electric current is produced in the stator windings which are stationary and no brushes are required. This is far more efficient than a generator with brushes.When a slip ring has parts that are electrically separated, it becomes a commutator. When the AC current in the generator alternates polarity, the commutator is positioned so that the change in polarity occurs as the brushes move from from one part of the commutator to the next. That prevents the current in the brushes from changing polarity. The result is a pulsed DC output instead of AC. That is the primary difference between an AC and a DC generator.
I am currently studying Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Economics. Can I study NatSci at Cambridge although I am not studying chemistry and biology?
There is not a single Natural Science subject: it is the general Tripos in which science students start their course before specialising in 3rd year. There will be plenty of would-be physicists -- and some computer scientists, geologists, materials scientists, etc. -- who are also studying only Physics and Maths + Further Maths at A-level (you have not mentioned your predicted Economics grade...), so there is no problem on that front.A lot comes down to interview performance and your intended goals: if you insist at interview that you want to specialise in cell biology, given your choice of A-levels they will rightly think that strange and probably not an indicator of success. Presumably you don't actually want to do that!Re. your previous middling grades, I think they are more likely to take the A-level grade predictions (and, more importantly, any AS results already in) more seriously than the GCSE performance, particularly given the relocation circumstances -- make those clear in the application. They are looking for genuine potential, which means having a degree of open-mindedness to previous scores.As others have said, try talking to your preferred colleges directly. Their admissions staff can be very helpful, and if you get invited to interview it will be with a real person who is capable of taking circumstances into account. Again, they want to find students with imagination and potential -- if you make it obvious to them that you fit such a description, you have a good chance.