Completing assignments tend to follow the same sequence of events every time round, where you have loads of time, have loads of time then, gasp! The deadline is in a week and you're aiming for a first (because why would you aim any lower)! Now in my opinion the best and only way to succeed … Continue reading 5 Simple Steps To Completing Your Essay Assignment
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Survey Results : Pre-Arrival Reading Recieved
Following in tradition from the previous sage scholars, in early December 2016 we formulated a survey for undergraduate students in order to find out about their pre-arrival preparation for university, particularly in their reading allocations. Having received 115 responses in total, the largest proportion of students came from Geography students at 19%, followed by Psychology … Continue reading Survey Results : Pre-Arrival Reading Recieved
How To: Using Resources
What I thought I already knew At the beginning and even mid way through the term I thought I could survive on the textbooks I had already purchased. I was getting good grades in my exams from following the essential reading list and was progressing nicely through all my modules. This then changed in the … Continue reading How To: Using Resources
Essay Quest: How to find the best sources
Within Global Studies, having essential readings as an online resource is a godsend! With so many different readings from different journals and authors, buying books would very quickly result in shedding out hundreds of pounds for a one time read. However when that oh so great (really not great) time comes when you have to … Continue reading Essay Quest: How to find the best sources
Canada: the country that forced Eva to buy a book
In Canada I had many new experiences; maple syrup became a staple in my diet (turns out it's great in curries), I felt what it’s like to walk around in -40’C, I witnessed politeness so extreme it made me uncomfortable, and, for the first time, I felt how it feels to buy a book for … Continue reading Canada: the country that forced Eva to buy a book
The Pre Read
Before starting university, more often than not many schools like to send you a list of pre reading and suggested books for you to acquire over the summer, prior to your arrival at uni. I didn’t ever receive this list, and I'm not going to lie, this didn’t bother me at all. Unlike many other … Continue reading The Pre Read
My Five Greatest Coursework Hurdles
Having just celebrated my final exam, now is a great time to look back over my fourth year which has shot past. It only seems like it was the other day that I was having to get back into academic life following my placement. As Sussex business students are able to choose whether to undertake … Continue reading My Five Greatest Coursework Hurdles
Three tips for writing the perfect Psychology paper
How to write the perfect psychology research paper? I guess that's what every third-year psychology student is wondering right now. As mentioned in previous posts, dissertation for psychology students is an empirical research project, that is written up in a defined format. Sections of the report are as follows: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion and Appendices. Here … Continue reading Three tips for writing the perfect Psychology paper
Five Top Tips for Freshers
For my last blog I looked at how the resources that I use have expanded considerably since my first essay at Sussex. However, my ability to find sources is not the only way in which I have developed. So here are a few key lessons that I would tell any fresher’s starting later on this … Continue reading Five Top Tips for Freshers
Research through the years
It's final term and the pressure is certainly on, so it is interesting to think back to how my work has developed over the past few years. The types of assignment that we are set have been incredibly varied over my time at the business school, including presentations, essays, reports, project plans, briefing papers, and much … Continue reading Research through the years