Reading is good for you – scientific fact!

May 3, 2009

This is the first of a 6 part documentary, originally broadcast on BBC television, which investigates the incredible ways in which reading shapes and changes the human brain.  The implications of this research are far reaching.
Did you know for example that the architecture of a brain that learns the English language is more complex than [...]

Get Organised with ‘Remember the Milk’

April 19, 2009

This is a free online time management programme which I’ve recently come across – it’s simple to use and can be interfaced with your IPhone, , Twitter account, Google calendar, and heaps of other popular devices and applications.
With just a few clicks you can plan your day, week or term and then you can get reminders from [...]

Study Skills – the essentials

April 14, 2009

If you click on the link below, you’ll be taken to my screencast.com account which is hosting a 30 minute streaming video presentation. It offers a really useful overview of exam revision and preparation.  It’s my first experiment with screencasting so it may be a little rough around the edges but there’s some good information [...]