Building A Positive Relationship With Your Lecturers At University
Lecturers can feel strangely intimidating when you first start university. At school or college, teachers usually know your name, notice…
Category: Studying
Can A University Detect ChatGPT In An Essay?
ChatGPT can produce an essay in seconds, which makes it tempting when a deadline is looming and your brain has…
How To Use AI At University Without Letting It Do Your Thinking For You
AI tools are becoming a normal part of university life. They can explain a difficult concept in plain English, help…
How To Use Google NotebookLM To Turn Lecture Slides Into Revision Quizzes
There are two types of students after a lecture. The first type calmly reviews the slides, tidies up their notes…
Can You Change Course At Uni And If So How?
There’s a very specific kind of panic that hits when you realise, somewhere around week four or week nine or…
The Outline Note Taking Method Explained
If you’ve ever looked back at your lecture notes and thought, “This made sense at the time… I think”, you’re…
Medify vs MedEntry: Which UCAT Prep Platform is Right for You?
For most students applying to medicine or dentistry in the UK, the UCAT (University Clinical Aptitude Test) looms large. It’s…
How to Use the Pomodoro Technique Correctly When Studying
If you’ve ever found yourself staring blankly at your laptop at 2am, desperately trying to finish an essay you started…
What is a University Lecture Like? What Happens if You Don’t Go?
If you’re heading to uni soon, chances are you’ve heard people talk about “lectures” like they’re some mysterious rite of…
Tips for Choosing a Dissertation Subject: What I Wish I Had Known
If you’re reading this and staring blankly at the words “Dissertation Proposal Due” in your planner, take a breath —…