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How 750 Words Can Help Your Productivity

Sometimes, you just want to write. But it’s not always that easy. You sit down with the best intentions, but it’s so intimidating when you start a potential masterpiece. Your internal editor chips away at your confidence before you have … Continue reading

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On Writing

Today I welcome Rod Pitcher to TheUniversityBlog. Rod has written a piece on the writing process. Rod is a PhD student in Education at The Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. The … Continue reading

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Last-minute Essays: Should you REALLY be pulling an all-nighter?

In the early days of TheUniversityBlog, I wrote a popular piece about pulling all-nighters and writing essays at the last possible minute. And I wasn’t very complimentary about the process. To see my friends in a fiddle and my peers … Continue reading

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Are you asking enough questions?

Last week, I talked about understanding questions as a whole and then breaking them down into parts. Both stages are in order for you to get as much meaning from a question as possible. Questions are important. You need to … Continue reading

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EduLinks – 26 August 2011

Seven easy steps to much faster writing (Write to Done) Stuff clothes in boxes as free packing material (Lifehacker) James Michie on improving your productivity Incredibly Simple Guide to Starting Uni (Studentbeans) Brain’s network of bottlenecks may limit multitasking (Wired) … Continue reading

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