Time management

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1. You are used to managing your time, so have confidence in yourself and your abilities.

2. Use time management techniques (lists, working patterns, rest breaks etc.) that have worked for you in the past: they will also apply to your life as an undergraduate.

3. Even if some younger undergraduates manage to look as if they do little more than drink coffee, they have their own demands on time, so try not to let yourself assume that your time is more pressurised than theirs.

4. Make a pact with yourself that some things will always matter (getting assessed essays in on time, for example) whilst other things can be allowed to slide into the vacations (completing reading lists, perhaps) if your outside life intrudes into your study time.

5. Make a personalised study timetable and use it as your primary time management tool, to be adapted or followed as your life and work dictate.

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This content has been written by Lucinda Becker, author of How to Manage Your Arts, Humanities and Social Science Degree.