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Evenings & Weekends

The weekly newsletter for adults balancing a qualification with real life.

Practical study strategies, realistic advice and honest pep talks to make studying feel lighter, help you get better results and stop studying eating up every evening and weekend.

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What you’ll get:

Every week, I’ll pop into your inbox with things like:

  • practical ways to focus on the work that actually moves the needle (and stop wasting time on the stuff that doesn’t)

  • real-life study routines and stories from adults juggling studying around work, life, commutes and chaotic weeks

  • gentle, honest pep talks for the evenings when you’re tired, overwhelmed or thinking, “I can’t do this”

  • simple essay writing and assessment strategies to improve your results

  • behind-the-scenes updates, opportunities and resources

Why “Evenings & Weekends”?

Most adult learners don’t have all day and all week to study. You’re squeezing studying into the margins – your evenings, weekends and any other pockets of time you can find.

But getting great results doesn’t mean spending every spare hour attached to your laptop. Because it IS possible to study more strategically, make better use of the time you do have and still have a life alongside your qualification.

So, inside this newsletter, I’ll help you do two things:

1. Make the most of the time you do have

With realistic, strategic study advice so even a 30-minute session feels worthwhile.

2. Win more of your evenings and weekends back 

By helping you stop overstudying, prioritise properly and focus on the things that actually improve your results.

Evenings & Weekends is for you if:

  • you’re studying for a degree, professional qualification or high-stakes exam

  • you’re trying to balance studying with real life (and don’t need advice designed for full-time students with endless free time)

  • you want better results – but not at the cost of every evening, weekend and inch of free time

  • you want support that feels warm, practical and genuinely helpful – not patronising, judgemental or overwhelming.

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Who’s behind Evenings & Weekends?

Hey I’m Chloe. Specialist Support Tutor, author of The Return to Study Handbook and the gal who’s here to stop studying eating up all your spare time, social life and sanity.

I returned to education as an adult so I know what it’s like to do the ol’ study / work / life juggle. I’ve been supporting students like you for over 10 years so I know exactly how to help you study in the best way for your course, life and brain.

My goal isn’t to turn you into a super serious academic. My goal is to help you finish your qualification smoothly, with the result you want, so you can get back to the rest of your life.

This newsletter is where I share the most helpful ideas, tools and encouragement I can – for free.

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Ready to stop letting studying take over your evenings and weekends?


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If you’ve got a life outside of studying you’d quite like to keep…you’re in the right place.