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It is smart to tool up on skills and strategies that help you navigate your way through school. Toolbox has tips on how best to prepare for exams; how to ‘build' a good resumé for university applications; tips on success at interviews and how to get the best out of the long, school summer holidays.

Does Playing An Instrument Make You Smarter?

Does Playing An Instrument Make You Smarter?

It might seem strange to think that music and maths have a close relationship… one consists of formulae and fractions and the other contains flats and sharps

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The Effect Of Stress On Performance. Can Stress Mean Success?

The Effect Of Stress On Performance. Can Stress Mean Success?

According to the Yerkes-Dodson law, there’s an empirical relationship between stress and performance.

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Teen Blogger University: An Honest Guide to Your Year Abroad

University: An Honest Guide to Your Year Abroad

So, you’re in university and you asked yourself the age-old question: to go or not to go on a year abroad?

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Multitasker who can juggle many balls at the same time. Wow But Impossible.

Our brains are not wired to do more than one activity (that requires concentration) at a time.

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Learning Languages using songs

Learning Languages using songs

Music is known to be a natural mnemonic – a tool that aids the memory

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27/01/22

Memory and Mnemonics: how to improve an essential skill

Memory and Mnemonics: how to improve an essential skill

My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. Hands up if you know what I’m talking about?

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17/01/22

Why New Year’s Resolutions Are Good For You (Even If You Give Up)

Why New Year’s Resolutions Are Good For You (Even If You Give Up)

In week 1 of your New Year’s resolutions? Feeling your resolve weakening? Thinking resolutions are all nonsense and maybe too stressful?

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6/01/22

The Teenage Brain – use it or lose it

The Teenage Brain – use it or lose it

Adolescent brains undergo massive changes and do not reach maturity until their mid-twenties

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7/12/21

Critical Thinking: Negative Bias And Lord Of The Flies

Critical Thinking: Negative Bias And Lord Of The Flies

Bad things tend to get more attention than good things. Fear and anger are stronger emotions than happiness or being content

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1/12/21

How to start a hobby and why it’s good for you

How to start a hobby and why it’s good for you

The word ‘hobby’ might sound a bit out-dated, but it’s right on trend: Beyonce makes honey as a relaxing pastime, Kendall Jenner enjoys bird calling...

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1/12/21