Exam Anxiety: Experiences and Techniques
In this post, Fraser shares some of his experiences of exam anxiety, and how he controls it. I recall meeting my friend at Waverley on the morning of a second-year …
Memory techniques for exams
Lots of information is presented to you by your teachers during the semester and some of it will need to be memorised. However simply re-reading notes, over and over again, …
Are you juggling too many tasks at once?
(Photo: Pixabay) It is often documented that students are serial multitaskers. Multitasking harms productivity and assignment performance. What can be done about this? A study carried out by Professor James …
Are you suffering from burnout?
(Photo: Pixabay) Research has shown that many students have burnout syndrome. As well as academic problems, it has been suggested that this can also lead to mental and physical health …
Pearls from Beryl: proofreading and editing
Writer Beryl Bainbridge lived in a terraced house in Camden Town, London. She liked to start roughing out ideas in her kitchen, moving to her sitting room to write out …
There’s no need to suffer in silence: how university Mental Health Mentors can help you develop your emotional wellbeing
In this post, Edgar Rodriguez-Dorans discusses the support provided for students by Mental Health Mentors at the University of Edinburgh. A narrative of struggling with depression “Jerome has a long …
