When thinking of my favourite resource one book that I used in first year comes to mind, Introduction to Business Law by Lucy Jones. I loved this book for three main reasons. The first being the layout. The layout of this book is very simplistic with bold colours highlighting important facts and tips and enough … Continue reading Textbooks | My Ideal Resource
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Reading Resources from Hong Kong
With our results recently in from our reading questionnaire at Sussex, we felt it would be interesting to see how the attitude to buying textbooks compared with students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where I'm currently studying this term as part of the Erasmus program. I spoke to a fellow geography student … Continue reading Reading Resources from Hong Kong
My perfect learning resource
Hi there, Ollie here. Today on the SAGE Blog I’ll be discussing my opinion of what the perfect learning resource would look like. First of all, let’s discuss digital vs print. In my degree, I mostly use books (rather than eBooks) because most of our textbooks are only available in print. I actually really like … Continue reading My perfect learning resource
Guest Post: What it’s like to be a final year undergraduate
As we are nearing the end of the academic year, what better time to interview a final year undergraduate to find out how they have tackled their studies, extracurriculars and social life throughout the last three years. Meet Tara; president of the business society, student mentor, and final year business and management student. What resources … Continue reading Guest Post: What it’s like to be a final year undergraduate
Guest post with Andy Field, Professor of Psychology
Hi, this is Ollie here. Today on the SAGE Students' blog we have a special guest post from Andy Field, Professor of Psychology at University of Sussex (whose blog can be found here). Last term, Andy taught me and the other second-year psychology students the Discovering Statistics module. I was pretty amazed by his eccentric … Continue reading Guest post with Andy Field, Professor of Psychology
Survey Results : Year 2 Pre-Arrival Reading
Its about that time of year again where we find out from the students here at Sussex what they did (or didn’t do) in preparation to beginning their 2nd year studies at university, once again with particular regard to their pre-assigned reading lists and how they have utilised them. Having received 24 responses this year … Continue reading Survey Results : Year 2 Pre-Arrival Reading
Pondering Postgraduate Pursuit
Having already spent 3 years in university and with 1 more to go, the idea of postgraduate study has always filtered down to one particular question I ask myself “Do I want to spend 5 years studying in university?”. Now I can't tell a lie the first and second and 3rd 4th 5th and maybe … Continue reading Pondering Postgraduate Pursuit
Mindfulness: a Stress-Management Tool for Students
This past week has been wellbeing week at the University of Sussex, so in keeping with that, this post is about how mindfulness can be used as a stress-management tool for students. Being mindful while studying is harder for students than ever before because the technology we must use for our assignments poses huge potential … Continue reading Mindfulness: a Stress-Management Tool for Students
Lunch date for your diaries!
Join us! For what? Critical Thinking: Take Control of your time, attention and ideas interactive workshop, With who? Dr Tom Chatfield - writer, broadcaster, and author of Critical Thinking. When? Tuesday the 6th of March What time? 1-2pm Where? in the Careers & Employability Centre (ground floor of the Library) Will I go hungry? No, … Continue reading Lunch date for your diaries!
Critical Thinking, Tom Chatfield – An Honest Review
Initial Thoughts and Impressions: The cover and overall appearance of the book does not scream textbook rather it replicates a similar vibe to the wreck this journal by Keri Smith. - It is simplistic, yet eye-catching due to the vibrant yellow and mimics that of a an old school work book. Upon flicking through the … Continue reading Critical Thinking, Tom Chatfield – An Honest Review