- Harvard Library outlines six reading habits for effective interrogation of texts. [Thanks for the link, @amcanning]
- More reading goodness. Paul N. Edwards on how to read a book academically [PDF: 284Kb]. It’s worth persevering.
- With all the reading you’ll be doing, you’ll need to take notes. Lifehacker checks out five best note taking applications.
- Lifehacker also helps you make your to-do list doable. Which is pretty useful when you’re a student.
- Speaking of useful, Scott Young has a video on learning faster with the Feynman Technique.
- After the learning comes the job search. Well, sort of. George Monbiot gives some amazing, possibly unsettling, career advice.
- Changing the subject completely (unless it’s turned you to drink…), Wessex Scene reports on a study concluding that “alcohol does not reduce awareness of making mistakes but instead reduces how much we care about making those mistakes”. [Thanks to Ones To Watch for the linkage.]
- I put together a Storify on digital divides and the values of blogging after a conversation with Inger Mewburn, aka @thesiswhisperer.
- Want to hear from top academics in your field of study? LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences has put together some great Twitter lists to keep up with new links and talking points in the academic world.
- Students are far more than customers. Usman Ali, NUS Vice President (Higher Education), talks about holding students to a higher standard.
- Finally, watch Edward Tenner on the way new inventions can have unintended consequences on the world:
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