Exam Busters Tent – Student Fest 2021
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Welcome to the Student Fest 2021 ‘Exam Busters’ Tent, with loads of useful top tips on how to tackle your exams or assessments. We’ve linked documents below for you to download and take away with you for the future.
Further Education: Sixth Form and College
Take a look at these resources that can help you prepare for A-levels and Sixth Form Study.
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Not doing A-Levels? The PDF below gives some handy tips on how to master your assignments on BTEC and Vocational Courses.
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Preparing for College Exams
Worried about college exams? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! The PDF below has lots of tips on how to prepare yourself and do well!
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Study Skills Guides
UCAS have been working with the National Extension College (NEC) to produce a set of study skills guides to help you get ahead with Higher Education study. These guides will help you build confidence with the techniques needed for success in HE.
https://www.ucas.com/undergraduate/student-life/study-skills-guides
The University of Worcester have a range of guides on their website to support study skills for Higher Education including different writing styles, academic reading, stress management and how to take lecture notes. This link is a little treasure trove to help you make the transition to a HE mindset.
https://studyskills.wp.worc.ac.uk/
The Aimhigher Interactive Study Skills Workshop is designed to support you in utilising revision guides and materials. The workshop is around 15 minutes long and will give you lots of helpful tips and tricks on how to revise effectively. Be sure to complete the activities provided in the presentation as they will aid in improving your focus and memory. You can win prizes for taking part too!
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From study tips, to revision and homework techniques, GCSE Pod have got it covered on their students resources page:
https://www.gcsepod.com/student-resources/
Getting Organised for a Productive Day
Whether you’re planning a day of revision, getting some coursework done or simply getting ahead with some university work, these videos are a great place to start! Use this top tips to help you get the best out of your day without burning yourself out. If you missed them in the ‘Going Virtual’ Tent, check them out below:
We hope you enjoyed this zone! If you would like us to cover anything else, don’t forget to leave your suggestions below! We’d love to hear your top tips too, you can share them with each other in the comments.
Since the success of Student Fest in 2020 we have launched another online event all about careers. The ‘Job Board’ zone was extremely helpful to lots of people so we wanted to create more content on this topic! We have essentially turned this zone into it’s very own event! If you’d like to visit ‘Careers Fayre’, another interactive event to explore at your own pace, click the link below! It’s a great place to go when thinking about your steps to your dream career.
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We will be happy to help!
University Insiders
University Insiders are a group of recent graduates that tell authentic stories of their journeys through education and beyond. We collaborate together to give you insight into our lives so you can choose what steps in life you want to take next. We work in collaboration with current students, external contributors and guests as well as Aimhigher West Midlands to give you loads of great info!
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