Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Possible Impossibility of Employability…
Let me guess. If you’re a uni student reading this, am I right in thinking you’d like to be employable once you graduate? It’s probably fair to say the vast majority of students want better job and career choices as … Continue reading
Filed under academic, careers, careers advice, communication, critical thinking, employment, graduate, jobs, lifeskills
10 Ways to Give Procrastination a Bypass
Forget fear. Toss out time constraints. When you put things off, it’s rarely about these things. You’re much more likely to procrastinate when your assignment isn’t interesting, when it’s limited in scope, and when you don’t have clear instructions. Even … Continue reading
Filed under academic, coursework, dissertation, essays, higher education, lifeskills, procrastination, productivity, research, Study, time management
Lessons You Learn At University Go Way Beyond the Academic
If you need any further explanation that university can help you experience all sorts of things beyond your degree study, a University of Glamorgan student gives a bit more perspective in a list. Student Ambassador, Aisling Galligan, has listed just … Continue reading
Filed under academia, academic, University
Trust Yourself: You’re More Effective Than You Think
Can you trust yourself to be effective? Can you trust yourself to succeed where it matters? Can you trust yourself to keep on learning? The answers should be yes, Yes, and YES. Nobody can achieve everything on their own. But … Continue reading
Filed under academic, coursework, critical thinking, essays, lifeskills, personal development, writing
Will Science and Art Get Together (Again)?
Back in early 2008, I wrote a short piece about science and art. I said they should just get along. photo by MuseumWales The post still gets a lot of traffic from people searching ‘science vs art’ in search engines. … Continue reading
Filed under academia, conversation
