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Sleeping on a Busy Student Lifestyle
Returning, once more, to sleep. This might seem familiar to you: “A lot of their tips for a better night’s sleep probably sound fairly obvious; keep to a regular schedule, take time to relax before...
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Are You a Planner or a Structured Procrastinator?
Doug Belshaw likes to plan. He’s even created his own daily planner. But recently, Belshaw has been wondering if planning is required for productivity. Does everyone need to set out their day ahead to...
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When Limits Give You More
Get breakfast right and the rest of the day will go right with it. Forget choice. Over the last five years, I’ve eaten porridge in the morning. It lets me focus on other things, rather than having to...
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A Star No Starter: Why You Are Worth More Than Your Grades
When you leave school with 7 A* grades at A-level, it’s pretty impressive. When you fail to get a place at the University of Oxford on those grades, people start talking. That’s what happened to...
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Why Pointless Learning Still Has a Point
What’s the point in learning anything with no future purpose? Take juggling. Isn’t it just a waste of time when you could be learning something more relevant to your future? Not always. photo by Stéfan...
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The Real Reason Why ‘Be Yourself’ Gets a Bum Deal
There are many times when you hear the advice ‘just be yourself': Meeting new people; In unknown social situations; At an interview; When giving a talk or presentation; Trying to achieve almost...
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Self-Motivation and Mountain Moving
Self-motivation is great. It helps you take those online courses and pass with aplomb. It gets you connecting with amazing people. It inspires you to write about your chosen profession, your hobbies,...
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Living Together Through the Years – Top Tips From Fresher to Finalist
How you experience living with others depends on what year you’re in at uni. Everything changes each time you move somewhere new. Situations, workload, location, friendships. Since it’s the start of...
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Success? Failure? Experience.
This post is a risk. What if it fails? Everyone will laugh at me; I’ll be criticised; Nobody will ever want to associate themselves with me. Right, that’s three things to start worrying about. I could...
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Obvious Advice Is (Not Always) Obvious
Some advice is ace. You know it’s going to change your life for the better. Even if the change saves you one second a day, or helps you do an easy task easier still, you know you’re onto a winner. Some...
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7 Crucial Considerations To Help You Stay In Touch With Uni Friends After You...
I sometimes wonder if I’m the absolute worst at keeping in touch with friends. Okay, I have some close mates who like to compete for the title. So maybe lots of us are like that. How well do you keep...
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10 Things To Know When You Start University – A Fresher Tip Sheet
Ah, the joys of starting university! Always room for surprise, even when you think you’ve got it all sussed out beforehand. I can’t list everything that’ll happen. Nobody can do that. But here’s a...
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Remotivate yourself after the summer break. New year, new you?
Don’t you just love/hate the gap between one academic year and another? :) In some ways the summer break feels too short. In other ways it seems far too long. You relaxed. You got some cash from a...
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6 Big Reasons For Second Year Woe & How To Wash The Woe Away
In my last post on getting motivated when you get back to uni, I said about the shock of the second year. We need to talk about more than motivation… We need to talk about conquering your Second Year...
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Learning, Consistency, and the Creative’s Curse
I’ve just realised that I didn’t post here on TUB about the start of my third (and final…so far) audio show…”Learning, Always”. Today sees Episode 003 of the podcast online, where I interview author...
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How To Be the Student You Deserve To Be – TUB-Thump 015
We don’t operate on a level playing field. Some things are up to you, while other things are outside your control. On today’s TUB-Thump, I look at adopting the mindset to be the student you deserve to...
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A More Useful Guide to Student Sleep
…And why I didn’t mind being called smug I loved being the last person to bed at night and the first person up in the morning. My friends didn’t love it so much. I got called smug more than once. I...
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How a Strike on the London Underground Could Help You Sleep Better –...
How could a strike on the London Underground help you get a better night of sleep? https://universityblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/tub-thump-016.mp3 In Tim Harford’s new book, Messy: How to Be...
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Identify Your Five Weekly Wins Every Week – TUB-Thump 020
Do you feel overwhelmed with the number of tasks on your list each week? Do you struggle to work out what the most important issue is in each area of your life? On today’s TUB-Thump, I talk about...
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How to Change Your Perspective and Why That Change is Good – TUB-Thump 023
https://universityblog.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/tub-thump-023.mp3 A friend of mine was invited as a guest on a podcast and was so worried about sounding nervous, rambling and unintelligent. The...
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