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  • My tops tips for revising for your exams

    Revising for exams might feel overwhelming at first, but allowing yourself enough time to explore every topic will help you to feel more prepared. Below I discuss my top tips…

  • Exam Tips: How to survive and conquer

    So, you have exams on the horizon. I know it feels like there’s plenty of time to study but those months will rapidly turn into just weeks. You need motivation.…

  • Make revision easier: tips for revision to ease exam stress

    When revising for exams, we often underestimate just how much mental and emotional strain we put ourselves through to get the results we want. Sometimes our mental health can suffer…

  • 10 tips to look after your wellbeing during exam season

    Hey! I’m Becky, a 3rd year Human Geography and Environment student. Read my tips on how to look after your wellbeing during exam season at university.

  • Top Tips to Coping With Stress

    Top Tips to Coping With Stress

    Stress and university work seem to go hand in hand. Don’t get me wrong, stress can be a good thing, motivating you to excel at work. However, often stress can overwhelm…

  • Why I love Music at York

    Why I love Music at York

    This being my first blog post here, I’d better start basic… I love being at York. Corny as it might sound, I really have been so grateful for my time…

  • Keeping up with deadlines

    Keeping up with deadlines

     Hello all, I’m Freddy. I’m a second year Social and Political Sciences student, and I’m going to be blogging about all things York this year. For my first post, I…

  • Getting in and out of Clearing

    Getting in and out of Clearing

    This is a strange piece to write, because in some ways I hope that people won’t need to read it, as I hope everyone will get the grades they want…

  • Don’t Worry, Be Happy!

    The time of the year which must not be named fast is approaching, exam season (oops, I named it!). If you’re like me, you’ll be pleased to know that there…

  • Easter Break and the Summer Term

    Easter Break and the Summer Term

    Hello all! I hope that you’ve all had an enjoyable Easter break. Well, ‘hope’ is rather wishful thinking for this time of the year. As someone said to me recently,…

  • Revision Tips to Ace Your A-Levels!

    This time of year is a bit of a hectic period of the academic year. You’ve just had Easter break (which was probably spent in your pyjamas, TV remote in…

  • Revision, Revision… Results!!

    Hello! So, by now, York will (of course) be your first choice… and you’re starting to think “but it’s so amazingly perfect I don’t want to go anywhere else, what if…