Enhancing focused attention
If there is one skill both parents and teachers would like their children to develop, it would be the ability to focus effectively and pay attention to the task in hand. As an experienced teacher and trainer, I am still surprised when I see a student begin to talk to or distract their classmate exactly at the time when crucial instructions
Exam Revision – Which strategies really work?
An in-depth look into the work of Professor John Dunlosky: Up and down the country, students are now busy revising for their forthcoming exams (or parents and teachers hope they are). In my conversations with students, I have found that the majority simply state that ‘I have no idea how to start revising’. A rare few will say that they have
Happy New Year!
Joe was back in action yesterday delivering our first workshops of the year. We're looking forward to helping many more students achieve their best results in 2018.
The Power of Memory
The Power of our Memory: As a child, you learned around 10 new words a day. This eventually progresses to around 100,000 words in our vocabulary. It is safe to say, somewhere along the line our memory has let us down. Whether it be recalling a certain event, sitting an exam or getting the words wrong to a song we so confidently
Pre Event Video Launch
A staggering 97% of students said our workshops would help them achieve better results. We thrive on creating an exceptional service for you and your students to benefit from. Our Pre Event videos are just one of many ways to make that happen. Here's a quick preview of our Exams Made Easy workshop video that you would receive prior to the
Discovering the Cornell Method
Many students never really consider or reflect on their method for taking notes in class. They think that they have to copy down everything they read or hear. When preparing for an exam or assignment, they copy their notes out again, producing page after page of A4 facsimiles. This method of note taking is generally time consuming and ineffective. But surely