{"id":22592,"date":"2023-05-05T10:17:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T09:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/?p=22592"},"modified":"2023-04-12T10:07:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:07:27","slug":"how-to-manage-your-time-at-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2023\/05\/05\/how-to-manage-your-time-at-university\/","title":{"rendered":"How to manage your time at university"},"content":{"rendered":"

University, mmm, free from responsibilities, parties, waking up at 3pm, going to every event, complete fun 24\/7. Or is it? I remember that time in first year when it hit that, oh, university is not just studying and meeting people, but also cooking, cleaning, laundry, working, studying, exams, shopping, the list goes on\u2026 Sometimes it can be overwhelming, maybe you feel sad or guilty for not going to events so that you can fulfill your responsibilities, or maybe you feel stressed trying to make the time to do your laundry. It\u2019s completely normal to feel a whole range of emotions when you come to university, trying to balance a study, social and work life can sound challenging and even impossible! But don\u2019t worry \u2013 keep reading to find out my top tips for managing your time at university.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

1)<\/strong> Understand that there is not one perfect method. University is all about experimenting, learning new skills and learning about yourself and how you work best. I\u2019ve tried a whole range of methods, and I\u2019d recommend you also test out a few different ones! Daily to-do lists (I add even the smallest of tasks!), weekly goals, the pomodoro technique \u2013 all popular examples that are proven to help with time management!<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

2)<\/strong> Create a balance between studying and socialising. For me, it works best if I dedicate 10am-5pm Tuesday-Friday for studying. Then, the evenings, weekends and Monday I use for whatever I want \u2013 socialising, relaxing or catching up on cleaning and laundry. This also works well for my job, since I don\u2019t have regular work hours.<\/p>\n

3)<\/strong> Search for a flexible job<\/a> \u2013 the university is a great place to start! Working in Dylan\u2019s, The Old Fire Station or other campus cafes means you can have a set amount of hours each week and easily get to lectures in between shifts. Working as a student ambassador is a great idea too, I\u2019ve done this for every year that I\u2019ve been at uni. There aren\u2019t usually a set number of hours a week, but you often get a lot of notice before a job and the pay is really great! Plus, the university cap your hours at 15 per week, so it\u2019s much easier to balance working, studying and socialising!<\/p>\n

4)<\/strong> Don\u2019t be hard on yourself \u2013 like I said, there\u2019s no perfect method, you have to test out what works best for you! If you begin to really struggle, check out what the university can offer you. There\u2019s a whole range of time management workshops available as well as university support services<\/a>. I\u2019m in my final year of university, working on my dissertation, participating in societies (as both committee and as a member), working several jobs at the university and regularly meeting friends & family. It\u2019s not always easy to balance, and there\u2019s no way I would have been able to balance all this in my first year, but it\u2019s definitely something you\u2019ll learn over time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University, mmm, free from responsibilities, parties, waking up at 3pm, going to every event, complete fun 24\/7. Or is it? I remember that time in first year when it hit that, oh, university is not just studying and meeting people, but also cooking, cleaning, laundry, working, studying, exams, shopping, the list goes on\u2026 Sometimes it… Read more » about How to manage your time at university<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3655,"featured_media":22595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1643,1663,12,704,1638],"tags":[877,130,586,592],"class_list":["post-22592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-health-wellbeing","category-postgraduate","category-student-blogs","category-student-life","category-undergraduate","tag-bournemouth","tag-bournemouth-university","tag-bu-students","tag-student-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22592"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22861,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22592\/revisions\/22861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}