Ht Be a Student Students Everywher

Introduction

A. Insights and ideas for when you first arrive

1.Remembering that humans are designed to learn
2.Not letting money issues get in the way
3.Being strict about part-time work
4.Developing study rituals
5.Having a calendar and an appointments diary
6.Preparing to be disillusioned
7.Turning up to your lectures
8.Getting your learning abilities checked
9.Getting help when you need it
10.Preventing small obstacles from becoming big problems
11.Being the first to admit when you don't understand
12.Decorating your study space
13.Buying a dictionary and a thesaurus
14.Organising your study materials and learning resources
15.Regular study snacks are better than occasional study binges
16.Understanding boredom
17.Developing your own personal coding system
18.Phoning home
19.Talking to others about your study tasks
20.Setting better study goals
21.Always having someone know where you are
22.Having a social life that supports your learning
23.Accepting that bureaucracy is just part of life
24.Getting regular exercise
25.Eating wisely
26.Drinking
27.Sleeping enough (but not too much)
28.Breathing properly
29.Posture and positioning
30.Love, friendship and sex

B. Developing your skills and self awareness as a higher education student

31.Understanding the downside of being connected and availble
32.Finding a zone between resignation and anger when you're staring problems in the face
33.Not treating learning as a competition
34.Recording your study habits
35.Remembering that lecturers and tutors are human too
36.Recognizing that information is not knowledge
37.Realizing that students are not customers
38.Spotting the signs that you need to take a break
39.Watching out for study drift
40.Knowing whether you're a natural introvert or a natural extravert and asjusting your study strategies accordingly
41.Understanding and controlling knee-jerk reactions to stress
42.Keeping a learning diary
43.Knowing about clashes in habits, cultures and ways of doing things
44.How you feel impacts on how your learn
45.Remembering that people thought Einstein was a slow learner
46.Benefiting from the fact that students are different from one another

C. Gaining momentum: building confidence and motivation

47.Just doing it
48.Focusing on what you can do now
49.Recognising that deadlines don't have to ruin your life
50.Interrogating your lecturer and tutors
51.Getting to know your librarians and lurking in the library
52.Not being too hard on yourself
53.Not being too easy on yourself
54.Being brave
55.Using all of your brain
56.Being more creative
57.Playing
58.Rewarding and celebrating when things go right
59.Understanding different kinds of reaction to feedback
60.Getting negative feedback
61.Getting positive feedback
62.Choosing the feedback you want
63.Making presentations
64.Not comparing yourself to others
65.Checking rumours before acting on them
66.Playing to your strengths
67.Hoping and persisting
68.Controlling worry
69.Realising that you'll never be able to keep everyone happy

D: Being the best you can be: persistence and enhancement strategies

70.Knowing that it's impossible to be perfect but it's always possible to improve
71.Paying attention to grammar and punctuation
72.Keeping track of your information sources
73.Knowing what plagiarism is
74.Everything should be made as simple as possible but not simpler
75.Learning the beauty of summaries
76.Having some time every day when you're doing nothing at all
77.Organising study retreats
78.Using listening skills to help you learn better
79.Not jumping to conclusions
80.Reading
81.Recognising the importance of memorizing
82.Learning to use memory techniques
83.Being a critical learner
84.Writing a little bit every day
85.Reflecting
86.Being generous with your lecture notes
87.Knowing what a literature review is and how to do one
88.Using images and diagrams when you're taking notes
89.Treating your CV as a working document
90.Going through the motions
91.Carrying a notebook wherever you go
92.Finding out more
93.Pulling an all-nighter
94.Preparing practically for your exams
95.During exams
96.After exams
97.Avoiding snobbery
98.Sharing your insights
99.Believing in yourself
100.Being a student