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Memory Techniques for Exam Preparation: 10 Astonishing Ways to Harness the Power of Your Brain
One of the biggest fears every student has as they enter the exam hall is that their mind will go blank and they will suddenly forget every last thing they know. It’s the stuff of nightmares, but fortunately, it’s highly unlikely to happen. First of all, you’d be amazed what facts start to come flooding...
9 Ways to Write a More Original Essay to Impress Your Teachers and Improve Your Marks
As a bright student who aspires to the upper echelons of the university league tables and the highest degree classification, you’re naturally going to want your essays to stand out from the crowd. Faced with the same essay question and reading material, it’s likely that there’s going to be a significant degree of conformity among...
6 Things Everyone Loves to Study: Except the Experts (And What They Study Instead)
It’s inevitable that in whatever academic discipline you care to mention, there will be some topics that have popular appeal beyond the narrow confines of academia. These are the subjects that, for one reason or another, have captured the imagination of the general public; but they’re usually not the subjects that those who are experts...
10 Great British Entrepreneurs and What They Achieved
It’s fair to say that Britain is not usually thought of as a country of entrepreneurs. If you think about the top ten most famous British people around the world – past and present – you’re likely to think of writers, musicians, military leaders, inventors, a host of scientists and probably a monarch or two...
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 ...