Tag Archives: exams

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Education shouldn’t be about survival of the fittest

The competitive nature of education and academia is holding us back, thinks Robert Hart

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Are students happy with their university experience?

Students are spending less time socialising and more time worrying about money, writes Miranda Kusi

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Three levels of exam stress

Max McGenity examines the deluded woes of freshers and ever-so real stress of finalists

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Could you spend 24 hours in the library?

George Ryan describes his experiences pulling an all-nighter in the library

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The importance of forty winks

Catherine Edwards discusses sleeping patterns, and the impact they have on our lives

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Defeat exam woes

A technique called mindfulness can help you survive the lows of exams, argues Jin

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Medics lose job offers after exam mix-up

More than seven thousand Medicine students could be left jobless by marking mix-up

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The clock’s ticking: life at university and beyond

‘Invest time to see the value of every moment’, thinks Jiayi Fan

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Government makes changes to the A-level system

As Gove’s plans come into place, there are concerns over the stress exams will put on students

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Students using drugs in attempt to boost marks

Lauren Cope explores the students who are turning to so-called smart drugs

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Exam season: Is ‘pen to paper’ too old fashioned?

With exam season looming, Ben Hamer thinks written tests should be a thing of the past

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Rent a puppy to unwind before exams

Puppies, yoga and even belly-dancing are all part of exam stress prevention in the US

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Putting the ‘pro’ into ‘procrastination’

Jess Rayner has distilled time-wasting down to an art…

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Boom in students using drugs to boost exam results

Report calls for greater monitoring of performance-enhancing medication use by students