Be organised Before you start putting pen to paper, make a plan! Good chances are you’ll either have several subjects to revise, or one subject with several elements. With what time you’ve got between now and submitting your essays or sitting exams, make a decision on what you’re going to revise and when. If you’re…
Month: March 2019
Preparations for life after university
It’s at that really busy stage of the academic year where final year students or MA students like myself are frantically trying to balance our studies with preparing for life outside of university. It’s a scary prospect to know you’ve been secure somewhere for 3+ years and accepting that place of solitude is coming to…
Returning to education after an extended break
When I was at school, there was a general consensus that education was something you did when you were young. After school, you’d go to college or sixth form and then university. Masters or PhD-level study was hardly ever mentioned but if that’s what you were interested in, you’d do that straight from your undergraduate…
Taking advantage of change
Sometimes in life we end up not where we originally planned but at a better place and circumstance that brings us joy. It is this exact notion that sums up my life, where I’ve been and where I’ve ended up. My name is Pippa Karikari and I’m a student at Hope studying Social Policy and…
Being okay with not being okay
For the majority of things in life, there is no step by step guide or formula to making things better when we have a problem. When there isn’t a single blueprint that will certainly work for us, we learn to trust ourselves and find a way through that works for us. Everyone’s struggles are different,…
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