Welcome to Make Your Mark

Your journey to university

We know university seems like a long way off. Right now, you might be thinking about coursework, upcoming exams and revision and wondering what’s next. Well, you’ve got some big decisions coming up: will you do A-levels? Or a BTEC, perhaps? What subjects and grades do you need to get into your chosen university, if you even want to go to university at all?

Choosing the best route for you isn’t always easy, but it is exciting. There are so many options available and you’ll learn loads along the way. Look how far you’ve come since starting secondary school – just imagine where you could be in a few years!

Middlesex University students are here to share their education and career stories with you, from GCSE coursework to getting their first graduate jobs.

How Make Your Mark can help you get into higher education

The Make Your Mark website is here to help you with those decisions, and with the work you'll be doing along the way. As well as advice, quizzes and step-by-step guides, our past and present Middlesex University students are here to share their education and career stories with you, from GCSE coursework to getting their first graduate jobs.

We’d like to introduce you to your six tour guides who’ll lead you on the journey from school to university and beyond. Click their pictures to learn more about them.

Third year BSc Biology student AmranFinal year BA Journalism student LudovicaSecond year BA Business Management student ThomasFinal year BA Sociology and Criminolgy student AishahThird year Interpreting and Translation student YasminThird year BSc Adult Nursing student Andy