| We hear of so many people telling their different | | | | brag having produced generations after generations of |
| success stories every so often. As we listen to them, | | | | prime ministers such as Robert Walpole, Margaret |
| we realize that there really is no one way to achieve it. | | | | Thatcher, Tony Blair and India's Rajiv Gandhi, who was |
| From top school achievers to undereducated hard | | | | the youngest to achieve the position in India at age 40. |
| workers, the stories get more and more varied. And | | | | They have also produced numerous heads of state or |
| then, every once in a while, there come the lucky ones. | | | | heads of government around the world, and the most |
| Those who join a contest or the lottery and win | | | | notable scientists like Abdus Salam and Alexander |
| millions. | | | | Fleming whose scientific discoveries and |
| Although there are different routes to success, it | | | | breakthroughs allowed us to have better |
| cannot be denied that good education is still a key | | | | understanding of many scientific concepts and |
| factor in achieving it. It may not be a certainty, but it | | | | rationales. |
| sure does play a great role in directing us towards a | | | | There are many students who think that getting |
| career path that we would want to take. From the | | | | themselves out to the workforce as early as possible |
| time we are prepared by our parents for our first day | | | | would give them a head start to success. That is why |
| of school until our last year in college, they try their | | | | so many people head off to hunt for different jobs |
| best to instill how important education is. Year after | | | | right after high school. It is true that gaining street |
| year, they reiterate its value and how it can help us | | | | knowledge teaches one unique experiences that will |
| better our status in life. They remind us to persevere in | | | | better prepare him or her up to face the challenges of |
| school and become a lawyer, an engineer, a doctor, a | | | | the real world. In fact, it can also be said that there are |
| businessman, an accountant, a teacher, a high-ranking | | | | such lessons that can only be learned outside the four |
| government official and so on. There are the usual | | | | comfortable walls of a school. What they do not |
| aspirations of parents for their children to become | | | | understand, though, is that the more education they |
| when they grow up. They may be big dreams, but | | | | have, the better informed they are about the jobs that |
| they are dreams that are achievable. | | | | they take, and of the possible advancements they can |
| The professions mentioned above are just some of | | | | achieve from their jobs. In fact, the better educated |
| the professions that require higher learning. United | | | | they are, the better they understand money and ways |
| Kingdom's top universities offer higher education for | | | | they could acquire it. Education not only teaches us |
| individuals who wish to achieve such professions. To | | | | concepts. It gives us proper discipline and training to |
| date, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge | | | | work hard, do our research and obtain mastery on |
| and The Imperial College of Science, Technology and | | | | something we have zero knowledge about. |
| Medicine (more commonly referred to as the Imperial | | | | Education is still the key to success. Although higher |
| College of London), hold the three top spots of the list | | | | learning does sometimes come with a hefty price tag, |
| of best colleges and universities in the UK. Succeeding | | | | it is something that many parents and students are |
| them are the highly noted London School of | | | | willing to invest on. The top universities in the UK have |
| Economics and St. Andrews, sitting on the fourth and | | | | never failed to produce the most talented, intelligent |
| fifth slots. The rankings are determined by the ability of | | | | and well-rounded people. This fact is verifiable in the |
| the institutions to earn good honors, graduate | | | | number of successful people, whether in the past or |
| prospects, student satisfaction, research quality | | | | present, that came from these institutions. Obtaining |
| services and facilities, and student-staff ratio, to name | | | | degrees from these highly reputed UK universities |
| a few. | | | | grants one with an impressive resume that can |
| Oxford, Cambridge and the Imperial College of London | | | | definitely give a nudge towards landing the top |
| are consistently on the top five. They continuously | | | | graduate jobs in Manchester, executive graduate jobs |
| offer undergraduate and post-graduate courses that | | | | in London and different prestigious graduate jobs in |
| have impressive curriculum to arm their students with | | | | other major UK cities and around the world. A college |
| the knowledge that will help them reach their full | | | | or high degree is indeed an investment that promises |
| potential and excel in whatever profession they are | | | | many great returns. |
| preparing themselves for. These top UK universities | | | | |