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Tagged: exams

Key tips for returning back to university from winter break

16 January 2018
Posted under: Blogs Archive, Blogs Archive

Find out more about how you can arrive back to university after the winter break with your mind as prepared and organised as possible. Do find a Vlog embedded below this text. If you have any questions, please feel free to leave them as a comment!

My greatest achievements this year

4 September 2017
Posted under: Blogs Archive, Blogs Archive

The second year can be a bit of an awkward year: you’re not free from the worry that what you do doesn’t end up contributing to your overall degree scheme so you’re not entirely focused on work, and you’re no longer a fresher so you already know the basics about surviving as a student. However,… Read more » about My greatest achievements this year

Amy’s revision tips

15 April 2016
Posted under: Blogs Archive, Undergraduate

Exams are almost certainly the worst part of education, hands down. They make you stress and revise for so long that by the end you feel like you have been revising forever. But there are some simple ways to make your life easier when dealing with exams. So, here are some revision tips that will… Read more » about Amy’s revision tips

Revision survival guide

9 April 2015
Posted under: Blogs Archive, Undergraduate

A-level and BTEC exams are fast approaching and I’m sure a lot of you have this revision malarkey well and truly underway. Having taken my A-levels fairly recently, I know only too well how difficult it is to stick to a strict revision routine. That little voice in your head saying “I’ll start tomorrow” plays… Read more » about Revision survival guide

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