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Revision, Revision, Revision
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on April 24, 2019
Revision, revision, revision. That’s a pretty accurate summary of my life currently. It’s that time of year when most students are busy with exam prep and deadlines. So how should you make this time as productive as possible? 1) Pick where you revise best: its easy to want to revise in bed but lets […]
Posted in Revision | Tagged Exams, Final year, library, Revision, studying
End of semester one (final year)…
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on December 14, 2018
Today is the final day of my penultimate semester and I thought I’d use this post to look back over the last three or so months! This term has been the hardest so far in my degree, it was a big change to get used to having to fit project research in the lab […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Christmas, Committee, Equestrian and Polo, Final year, Lab work, Semester One, studying, UOLEPC
A Balancing Act
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on October 23, 2017
The last few weeks have been crazy for me and incredibly busy! It’s the 5th week of term and the work load has definitely picked up! With this, organising polo, working (the paid sort… ugh) and trying to actually have a social life as well I am always running from one place to another. Anyone […]
Posted in Stress | Tagged Busy, Deadlines, stress, studying, Time management
A Series of Fortunate Events
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on July 21, 2017
So, dear readers, we approach the end of my tenure as your resident biological sciences blogger! I’m not ready to say goodbye yet, so I will leave my farewell post to the next one, which will give me enough time to think up of a clever title for it. For this post, I’ve […]
Posted in Future | Tagged Academic, Advice, Future, Presentations, Songs, studying, Summer
Feedback and Feed-Forward
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on May 29, 2017
So whilst everyone is finishing up their exams, I thought I’d write a post about feedback and the importance of getting it whenever you accomplish a task. Finishing a piece of work, an interview, an exam, brings with it so much relief and joy that it is near impossible to find the urge […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Advice, Assessments, Careers, Exams, Feedback, Revision, studying
Post-Seasonal Motivators
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on May 13, 2017
This week’s post is going to focus on all the lovely things I am looking forward to once exam season is over. We all have those objects that we regard as lights at the end of the tunnel – things that motivate us to push through those endless groups of notes and cuecards – and […]
Posted in Exams | Tagged Exams, Future, Hobbies, Holiday, K-Pop, Motivation, Revision, studying, Travel
Mind Games and Revision Pains
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on April 29, 2017
Again, we are almost at the end of another month. I swear time is passing by quicker and quicker! So fitting with the theme in which I try and compose at least one exam-related post each revision cycle, today’s topic is going to be all about… revising productively! As a third year, I have […]
Posted in Exams | Tagged Advice, Easter, Exams, Final year, Revision, studying
Thursday Thoughts: Writing the Dissertation
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on March 29, 2017
So, this post was definitely not written to trigger fear. It was mainly inspired by the fact that my brain is rarely occupied by anything else nowadays! As a final year student, my last year at university is characterised by my third year project which is comprised of a dissertation on my topic of […]
Posted in Dissertation | Tagged dissertation, Final year, Organising, Planning, studying, Tips
Saturday Motivations: Winning the Semester
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on March 18, 2017
So here we are again, at the end of another semester. There’s only another week of teaching left before Easter, and then it’s basically revision time for a lot of Leicester students! Instead of lamenting on passing time, I decided to dedicate this post to the things in my life – and in this […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged dissertation, Easter, Family, Food, Leisure, Motivation, studying

Winding Down: 3 Exciting Things!
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on March 12, 2017
So, another week bites the dust and it seems to only get busier for us Leicester students! Fortunately, barring my dissertation, all of my deadlines are officially completed. It is strange to think that my degree is becoming a series of lasts – last essay, last lab report, last lecture with so-and-so. This is […]
Posted in Leisure | Tagged dissertation, Easter, lectures, Oadby, studying, Varsity
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