Podcasts and Audio-books
For the past few years I have been listening to many podcasts and audio-books. I want to tell you why audio based content if fantastic and what some of my favorite podcasts are. Note that I did not mention radio, I don’t listen to radio for the same reason I don’t watch TV: I don’t […]
Taking Breaks From Revision
In a previous blog I briefly mentioned the advantage of taking breaks during revision, and since I am currently revising for the 6 exams I have in May I thought this would be a good time to elaborate on this. Breaks are an important part of revision, if you don’t take them often enough […]
How to Revise
In a previous blog I talked about my exam technique. This time I am going to talk about my revision technique. However, I must note everyone revises in different ways so try out different ways of revising and see what best suits you. When to start? First as I discussed in my blog about Quantum […]
My Exam Technique.
Exam technique is primarily down to personal preference, however, my exam technique is developed from an amalgamation of listening to advice and trial and error. Hopefully, you might learn some helpful tips from the way I conduct my exams, or if there is something you do which I did not mention, which you think others […]
Revision/Assignments/Life Balance
The Easter break just started and of course I’m ill, that seems to be the way things always go. We have 4-5 weeks away from lectures which sounds like a ridiculous amount of time to fill but it really goes by fast! I need to complete optional module assignments, core term tests and part of […]
2016 Resolutions
This is undoubtedly a cliche topic to write about at the end of the year but I thought I would round off my blog posts for 2015 with my resolutions for 2016. Academically I’ve struggled in the first term of my second year but am very happy about how I persevered and everything turned out alright. My […]
My first blog, and some exam tips!
Hi everyone. I’m the new blogger for the Physics Department. I’ve just recently started at Leicester so I’m still in first year. The memory of sixth form is still very fresh in my mind so I hope that I’ll be able to provide a good comparison and contrast between life in sixth form and life […]
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