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  • How To Study: Using the Method of ‘The Great Explainer’

    “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool”  Richard FeynmanWhen we’re studying, it can be easy to think that we…

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  • Useful Apps To Improve Productivity and Study Effectively

    If you’re looking to level up your approach to studying, look no further. In this list, I’ve broken down all of my favourite apps that have helped me over the…

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  • 3 Books That Changed My Life

    Reading is one of the hobbies that I’ve consciously tried to maintain over the past few years. I think a lot of people underestimate how much we can learn from…

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  • How To Study: An Effective Learning Framework To ‘STIC’ With

    With spring just around the corner and winter fading away, thoughts are starting to turn towards a different season – that of exams. Being able to study in a way…

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  • The Pomodoro Technique – The ‘Tomato Inspired’ Strategy to Improve Productivity

    The Pomodoro Technique is perhaps the simplest productivity and time-management strategy which we can all use – you don’t need any technical apps or sophisticated technology; all you need is…

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  • How To Study: The Power of Retrospective Revision Timetables

    Revision timetables are often praised as the best way to structure your time in a coherent, logical manner. It’s certainly true that they can have some benefits and I know…

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  • How to Study: Spaced Repetition and My ‘Magic’ Spreadsheet System

    The amount of time we spend revising is always a controversial issue – some people prefer to downplay how much time they’ve spent revising whereas others are keen to tell…

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  • How To Study: Active Recall – The ‘High Utility’ Technique You Should Be Using

    If rereading, highlighting and summarising aren’t effective methods of revising, then what should we be doing? The two most effective methods that I’ve come across are active recall and spaced repetition which, in combination,…

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