Sophia Mykhaylyuk envisions a terrifying new world where the University of Exeter scraps the January exams and moves it forward to Christmas!
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Have yourself a productive little Christmas
Sophia Mykhaylyuk envisions a terrifying new world where the University of Exeter scraps the January exams and moves it forward to Christmas!
On slowing down…
Scarlett Parr Reid, Print Science Editor, sings the praises of slowing our paces in a world that doesn’t stop.
Exeter’s Top Study Spaces
Has staring at the same library walls for hours upon end left you feeling unmotivated, disillusioned and frankly, a little bit dead inside? It may be time to say goodbye to Forum Marketplace and venture out into the great unknown, as one of these lesser known study spaces may be able to evoke the inspiration […]
Feeling hot, hot, hot!
There are two possibilities of how my day will go when the sun rises every morning. In this hot weather, it will either be a backdrop for a perfect day in the park, or it will cause an immediate ‘why don’t we have air conditioning?’ rant. After the long cold winter that seems to have […]
A Haiku encapsulating Exam Stress
A page sits, half-scrawled with ink; the slight silence plays host to a haiku.
Self Care Supplies: Creative Breaks
For me, revision self care is always about being able to take breaks when I need them. I find it impossible to concentrate if my head’s not in gear, so I tend to take breaks when I feel I need them. This can vary from day to day, depending on what I’m studying, or just […]
How To Stay Motivated
Three weeks of strikes. Deadlines have been pushed back. Seminars have been cancelled. Chaos and confusion rule as we try to figure out what the hell is going on. Do you do the reading for that seminar that was cancelled? Do you try to catch up on that lecture? It would be really hypocritical of […]
Surviving January Exams
December’s arrival gifts us with two complications: the money our wallets allow us to spend on Secret Santa and the questionable morality of January exams. There is no denying that these assessments psych most people out. Is it the concept of New Year beginning whilst simultaneously forcing our brains to recall lectures from the past […]
Alcohol improves memory!?
Planning on getting wasted this New Year Eve? You might want to squeeze in some revision for January exams just before doing so. In 2017, a study by researchers from Psychopharmacology and Addiction Research, University of Exeter found that alcohol facilitates memory for information learned just before consumption. This effect, termed ‘retrograde memory facilitation’ was […]