The Sneaky Student

I know a lot of people who get to University and still don’t have a clue about the language they are studying, especially in joint honours courses. I’m no exception: spoken french has always been my sticking point, and my language marks are what I need to improve the most of the next few years.

That being said, anyone interested in learning a language, or required to, can benefit from the resources I’ve found and compiled for you below. They range from vocabulary tools for learning by rote, to useful flashcard websites that are compatible with mobile devices, to language hacks that allow you to understand around 80% of a language in very little time at all, just by learning … Continue Reading

Modern students have an “always on” mindset, that is, we like to be plugged in to email and social networking round the clock. Indeed, a majority of students now wield some sort of smartphone or ultraportable device, be it a blackberry or an iphone.

With that in mind, here’s is our list of the top 5 mobile-accessible apps for students. Our list bridges music apps to organisational ones, the essential student staples.

1. Grooveshark

We were considering a number of apps for our music app spot, but in the end Grooveshark won us over, because of the price and native blackberry support (be it slightly buggy). This is really the only viable Blackberry music app as of July 2011.  Its … Continue Reading

We all know finances can be a drag, especially when you have to start actually budgeting. But the fact is that most students don’t have enough of a disposable income to not budget in some respect or another. Not overthinking it much, many students rely heavily on overdrafts or credit cards to tide them over until the next loan payment comes in. This may seem like ‘free’ money; if you’ve got an interest-free overdraft then by all means, use and abuse it! That’s the best rate you’ll ever get on borrowing money your whole life. But, when the course is over, the shock of interest payments and real life bank charges will soon make it plainly obvious that this is … Continue Reading

Delaying, frittering, prorogation or idling – they all amount to the same thing PROCRASTINATION. We all do it to varying degrees and around this joyful time of exams your average procrastinator goes into overdrive. People find all sorts of amazing distractions that need doing urgently in place of revision, cleaning and reorganizing are obvious as well the standard crucial inter-house video game marathon. Everyone will write a revision schedule and unanimously fail to stick to it, mainly because apart from being ridiculously overambitious they completely cut out any kind of fun time, as a result only the first possibly second items on the list get ticked off.

Some brainy people that managed to put off procrastination … Continue Reading

Based on the 80-20 rule, I’ve created a simple list of tips that will help minimize the majority of your main areas of expenditure, and therefore keep it as simple as possible to implement, whilst reaping the most returns i.e. saving as much of your cash as possible.

Weekly Meal Plans.  > Not hardcore, know what each of your meals are going to be, meal-plans, but you should be able to shop bi-weekly for your groceries, and make the portions last for the 3-4 days that you’ll need them, without having to go out and buy more food. I’ve found that as well as saving some money, this is also a great way of getting more fresh … Continue Reading