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 Pharmacology as a degree can lead to many career paths involving
academia, research science or pharmacy to name a few. Not only are there many career options but there are also, extensive range of
opportunities available for further and higher education - students are able to
choose from masters to post-doctorates and second degrees.
It is
also a relatively easy science to get on to, providing you have the
correct background qualifications - one of which may be ADL's Psycho-pharmacology course that will help equip you with the basic skills
needed to pursue a degree in pharmacology e.g. critical
skills are needed for the study of chemicals.
 “One author says this about wolves: ‘in Scotland the species certainly lasted much longer’ (Yalden 1999).”
Oh dear! Do your citations look like this one?
Sometimes citations can be technically right, but still look bad, and make it obvious that you are new to Academic Writing. Never fear! There are three tips which will have you citing like a researcher in no time.
1. Paraphrase, Don’t quote
After you have left school, the rule is don’t quote in essays. You need to explain ideas in your own words. Don’t worry if you can’t use the same high level of language as your source, the important thing is to show you understand:...
 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a common wildflower with medical properties and a rich folklore, which should be welcome in any garden. It belongs to the large sunflower family, Asteraceae, and is quite closely related to chamomiles. The most striking feature of Yarrow is the feathery fern- like leaves with finely cut segments which are quite characteristic. The name millefolium indicates the many segments of its foliage. It is sometimes called Milfoil and Thousand Weed...
Hazel makes excellent dense cover for birds, and is often used as an understory in conservation woodlands for that purpose. It has been used since prehistory as a coppicing tree, and provides roundwood poles which can be used for wattle fencing, shelters houses, and gates. Coppice poles are suitable for use from age 3- 4 years, but anything up to 7 years can still be useful. Coppice woodlands using hazel for roundwood are often split into zones, and a rotation is employed to provide...
 In the UK most of our wildlife legislation does not come from the EU, and therefore cannot be affected by Brexit. For example, the Ground Game Act (1880) controls which species can be hunted, when they can be hunted, and who they can be hunted by. This Act obviously pre-dates the EU, and is very unlikely to change just because we leave. The same is true of our Pests Act (1954) and even our Wild Mammals Protection Act (1996)...
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