What can you do to manage your inner world and maintain a more balanced approach? “If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention thanRead More…
Managing academic pressure:
How to manage challenges and learn effectively As the term progresses you are likely to be working on a number of assignments while deadlines get closer. Probably a time of high expectationsRead More…
New Year’s resolutions
Strategies to increase your productivity, maintain your motivation, and achieve your goals Welcome back to the Spring term! Starting a New Year is when most people make New Year’s resolutions to makeRead More…
How to increase your motivation and get things done
Are you finding it difficult to maintain your motivation to complete assignments? It is likely that during the busy academic term you have several assignments to work on and that need toRead More…
SOCIAL CONNECTIONS
CREATING NEW RELATIONSHIPS AT UNIVERSITY Making friends When moving to a new place to go to university everything is likely to feel very different. This may be particularly noticeable if you justRead More…
Settling into university life
To all new students welcome to the University of Reading, and welcome back to all of you who are returning to continue with your studies. Well done for your efforts and achievementsRead More…
Preparing for exams
Strategies to revise for resits You may be preparing for one or more exams in the next few weeks. Perhaps you are feeling frustrated that you have to spend part of yourRead More…
When things don’t work out as you hoped: Managing fear of failure. Part 1.
Sometimes, despite our continued efforts, we do not achieve the results we want. We may see this as failure. “One of the greatest problems people have with failure is thatRead More…
When things don’t work out how you hoped: Managing fear of failure. Part 2.
In part 1 we looked at making mistakes and the meaning of failure. In this section we will focus on what you can do to manage situations where things don’t work outRead More…
Mind-Body Connection: The benefits of exercise
Exercise for body and mind: “ If there were a drug that could do for human health everything that exercise can, it would likely be the most valuable pharmaceutical ever developed.”Read More…