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How to Read Faster, Take Better Notes and Absorb More Information in Less Time: Make Your Student Life Easier!
No matter what degree you undertake, there’s no getting away from the fact that you will have a great deal of learning to do. Facts, figures, arguments, dates, theorems, formulae – all must be jotted down, memorised and recalled. You’ll be spending a lot of time in teaching groups taking notes on what the lecturer tells...
15 Ways to Make Studying Less Stressful for Maximum Motivation and Great Results
No matter how academic you are, or how much you enjoy studying, the fact of the matter is that learning can be boring at times. With lots of facts to be memorised and arguments to be absorbed, not all of which you will find interesting, there are times when studying can seem a chore and...
12 Major Differences Between Universities That Will Significantly Affect Your Studies
As you read through their enticing prospectuses all vying for your attention, it’s entirely understandable if you start to get the impression that UK universities are all much of a muchness. They all have those stock photos of happy students; they all have little quotes from current students about how thrilled they are to study...
9 Ways to Be the Type of Student Teachers Want to Teach
If you ask teachers what their favourite type of students are, the answer will seldom be, “the ones who get everything right.” Instead, you’ll find that the answer is more nuanced – and often quite surprising. Many teachers identify their very favourite students as the ones who perhaps struggled with their subject to start with...
How to Choose Between Two University Courses: 13 Key Tips for the Undecided
Ah, the agony of choice. It’s great that there are so many fantastic university courses out there to choose from, but when it comes to deciding which one is for you, it can sometimes feel as if there’s a little too much choice. It’s very difficult to choose between so many different interesting courses when ...
The Oddities, Eccentricities and Strange Habits of British Prime Ministers
Whichever way you look at it, Britain is a successful country. As Irish comedian Dara O’Briain puts it in his analysis of England, we come “about fifth in almost everything”. GDP, tourism, years spent in education and Olympic medals when the games aren’t held in London – in all of these, Britain comes somewhere between...
How to Study if You Only Have an Hour, a Day, a Week or a Month
To state the obvious: not all study tips are relevant in all situations. If you’ve just learned that you have a spot test tomorrow, you’d be ill-advised to start writing a revision timetable (though if you do, that’s an impressive level of procrastination). If you’ve got exams in a couple of months, you won’t find...
7 Ways to Handle Job Applications ; Beyond the Covering Letter and Interview
You might think that once you’ve got a great CV, you’ve written stand-out covering letters and you’ve honed your interview technique, you’ve done everything you’ll need to get a job. If only it were so simple. The traditional format of job applications, where you send off a CV and covering letter, get invited to an...
The A-Z Guide to University Life
Going to university is an incredibly exciting time, but it’s also a big upheaval; life will be rather different for you once you get there. From living away from your parents to adjusting to a new style of teaching, it’s all change! We’ve compiled this handy A-Z guide to help you get to know the...