Beating student stress during the coursework and exam months
For some, December can be a great time to be a student. Holiday festivities are starting and a long break from classes is coming up. But for others, it can be a pretty stressful time. If you’re at uni, it … … read more
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Study gadgets for the festive season
Although with the holidays just around the corner, bringing with them a desperately needed break from your studies, probably the last thing on your mind as you look ahead is studying. That being said, the holidays can be a great … … read more
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Good reasons to consider postgraduate study
Last time you heard from us we were issuing warnings about the inadvisability of doing postgraduate study based purely on the desire to extend or relive your student days, since postgraduate study can be hard, hard work, and often quite … … read more
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Tips for formatting a bibliography when doing essays and coursework
As you progress in your education, you’ll be expected to do more and more independent research. This means making bibliographies to show the reader/marker all the research that you’ve consulted. You may even have found already that you’ve received some … … read more
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What to do if you miss a class at university
One of the greatest temptations you’ll face when you are at uni is to skip the odd class. Of course, some of the time you’ll miss classes for genuine and legitimate reasons such as illness. At the other end of … … read more
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How to save money on travel costs as a student
Although when you headed off to university the first time a month or two ago you couldn’t have been happier to get out from under your parents’ roof, even the most independent-minded and hard-hearted student wants to go back home … … read more
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Shopping tips to save you money on food while at university
If you’re at university now, chances are it’s your first time living away from home, possibly in a self-catering situation. While choosing your own meals can be liberating and fun, it can also prove to be expensive. However, there are … … read more
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Tips on doing research for coursework
Now that your uni coursework is probably starting to pile up, it’s really time to start thinking about doing some good ol’ fashioned research. Hopefully you’ve made it to a library tutorial, or at the very least into the library, … … read more
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Are you ready for the UCAS October 15th deadline?
The first round of UCAS application deadlines is coming up in less than a week, so if you’re considering applying for medicine, dentistry, veterinary sciences, Oxford or Cambridge then this blog post is for you. Hopefully you’ve already considered where … … read more
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Plagiarism and how to avoid it
Whether you’re doing A levels, have just started university or have been there for a while already, you’ve may well have heard about plagiarism. But what is plagiarism? It involves copying someone else’s work or ideas and using them in … … read more
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