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My Top 5 Favourite Revision Techniques
It’s always useful to hear the techniques other people use for exam-prep, especially if you’re not so sure what techniques work best for you! It’s important to keep in mind that different revision...
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Tips for Tutors: how to ensure that the first lesson goes really well
Whether you are an experienced tutor or about to undertake your very first lesson, you want to make a positive first impression, get the student underway on their learning journey, and lets face it –...
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7 Tips For the Dreaded Easter Revision Period
It has begun. The holiday many of us love (because of the Easter chocolate), but dread (because of the looming exam period) the most. A time when, school or university, we are forced to undertake...
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Study skills: Getting to grips with Critical Thinking
The value of a college education is not the learning of many facts but the training of the mind to think – Albert Einstein Critical thinking is arguably one of the most important modes of thought...
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Applying to Graduate School in America: What to do before you apply
So you’ve decided to apply to graduate school, and better yet — graduate schools in the US! The prospect of applying to graduate courses in America can be both exciting and daunting, particularly if...
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Applying to Graduate School in America: How to Apply
For the previous post in this series, I created a guide detailing the steps you need to take before applying to graduate school in the US. Now that you’ve finished those procedures, you’re ready to...
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Applying to Graduate School in America: After applying
You’ve finally finished applying to Grad School, what a relief – congratulations! You should start receiving decisions from your universities of choice at the beginning of March, but remember to check...
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4 ways to keep your privacy online in a surveillance-happy state
Privacy? What privacy? As many of you know, we live in a country where our government is rather… “Surveillance-happy” (the UK and US both), and its power to spy on us is ever increasing. Trends of...
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Study Skills: How to Reference Part I
For many students, one of the most difficult elements of transitioning from secondary/high school to university is learning how to reference. Unless you’ve taken the IB, chances are, you may not...
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Study Skills: How to Reference Part 2
This is a continuation from my previous study skills post on how to reference. Here, I will detail four of the main referencing systems used in UK universities across various disciplines: Harvard,...
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