Exam revision can be pretty overwhelming. You need to work out what to revise for your exam, when to revise, how to revise…etc. No wonder so many students procrastinate over starting their revision! In this blog post I’m going to walk you through a seriously simple process for that first step – what to revise for […]

How you think about yourself, your studies and what happens to you will affect your life. American philosopher and psychologist William James sums this up wonderfully… “The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.” In short, if […]

If you were able to improve your productivity to the point where you are effective and efficient 90% of the time, what would that mean for your studying and results? In this post I’m going to teach you how to improve your productivity by giving you the solution to overcoming a biggg hurdle in your studying […]

When I started my Business degree in 2012 I was terrified! I’d taken this massive leap of faith, but the faith part was fading fast. My past school failures were front of mind and I realised pretty quickly that I didn’t know HOW to study. The problem is that university (or college) doesn’t teach us HOW […]

Over the last two years I’ve worked with a lot of students to help them change their studying trajectory. One of my superstars, Kate, came to me just before the final year of her law degree. Her grades so far were low and, because of the track her grades were on, her dream of becoming […]

Most students I know (me included) feel overwhelmed pretty damn regularly. When you’re studying alongside a whole heap of other commitments, life gets pretty busy. Once we panic and stress and decide to try and deal with it, we often decide to create a super long to-do list to try to catch back up. But doing […]

If you want to improve your study skills and grade it’s important to set study goals. When you know where you want to go you have more chance of actually getting there. For example, let’s say you set a goal to achieve an average of 60% in all your modules to graduate with the degree you […]

Before I tell you how to prepare for university lectures and tutorials, let me explain what these terms mean because there’s a lot of different ones knocking about e.g. tutorial, lecture, seminar, workshop…etc. A lecture tends to be a one-sided class where you and your fellow students will sit and take notes while a lecturer talks […]

It’s the weekend and you wake up knowing you need to study today but it’s so hard to drag yourself out of your cosy cocoon of a bed. You get up begrudgingly, head downstairs, make breakfast and move to the sofa. Suddenly half the day has disappeared and you’re five episodes deep into The Sinner on […]

If you want a great study session, you need to get ready for it. You wouldn’t rock up to a marathon wearing the wrong clothes, on two hours sleep, an empty stomach and with no plan. So, make sure you don’t sit down to study when you’re not ready to do great work. In this blog […]