This blog post will help you with practical techniques you and your friends can use to help you stay focused and revise as a group… Term 3: when your laptop becomes a natural extension of your body; when time appears to be constantly against you; and you spend more time reading lecture notes than you […]
T minus 7: countdown to your first exam
Revising for multiple exams: tips & techniques
Managing exams can be hard enough without the added pressure of having multiple topics to absorb within a short time frame, especially if you didn’t start revising until recently… So you have several exams coming up, each with their own weight of knowledge to be understood and committed to memory. Overwhelming? Definitely. So what can […]
Mindfulness: the Student Edition
Yet another hipster fad? We beg to differ. Read more on how mindfulness practice can improve wellbeing and academic performance… What’s all the hype about? Mindfulness has recently gained popularity, but it existed long before magazines and colouring books. The mindfulness was initially grounded in Buddhism, but its secular form was embraced by clinical psychology […]
3 Easy ways to prepare ahead for revision
Writing out equations on your shower window? Spelling out key-terms in your alphabetti spaghetti? Looks like you need some help with preparing for revision I’ll be the first to say it: exams are horrible, stressful and downright detestable. However, they’re pretty compulsory for, y’know, a degree. But not to worry, I’m here to offer you […]
Study Happy: What’s coming up in Term 3
On Track: the 4 stages of writing a Masters dissertation
Just like the weather we experience at this time of the year in the UK, this phase of the academic calendar can be both enjoyable and frustrating for Masters students…By Ide Haghi [We’ve reposted this one from our archive to help current Masters students through dissertation season. Enjoy!] There are days when your brain goes […]
Study buddies: why you should study with friends
Find yourself easily distracted when studying on your own? Maybe group studying can help you actually crack on… Left to my own devices, I find the most inane ways to procrastinate. Oh yeah, if I put the TV on in the background, I’ll definitely work all the way through Season 9 of RuPaul’s Drag Race. […]
How to study effectively when you aren’t in the Library
A marathon not a sprint: defeating the dissertation doldrums
So the deadline for your dissertation or final year project is looming and it isn’t all quite going to plan. Here’s our advice for getting over the final hurdle and handing in your magnum opus on time… With any large piece of academic work, the most important thing is to stay focused and keep going, […]