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Effective Time Management for Students

This document provides tips for university students on effectively managing their time and being productive when studying and working on assignments. Some key points covered include: - Identifying when you work best - whether in the morning, evening, or with/without distractions - and scheduling tasks accordingly. - Using a calendar or planner to block out busy times and plan specific, measurable goals like reading articles or writing sections of an essay for study sessions. - Not letting small fragments of time go to waste, but instead using them productively like taking notes on your phone or organizing materials. - Working backwards from assignment deadlines to structure your time and stay on track for completion.

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Effective Time Management for Students

This document provides tips for university students on effectively managing their time and being productive when studying and working on assignments. Some key points covered include: - Identifying when you work best - whether in the morning, evening, or with/without distractions - and scheduling tasks accordingly. - Using a calendar or planner to block out busy times and plan specific, measurable goals like reading articles or writing sections of an essay for study sessions. - Not letting small fragments of time go to waste, but instead using them productively like taking notes on your phone or organizing materials. - Working backwards from assignment deadlines to structure your time and stay on track for completion.

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Do you concentrate best in the morning or SMART stands for Specific, Measurable,
are you hopeless until after lunch? Are you Attainable, Realistic and Timely. So,
always too tired to think properly after instead of planning to “do research” or
10pm or do you love that quiet time to with “write some of essay” during a 1 hour slot.
no distractions? Work out which times are You should be more specific i.e. “read and
best for ‘thinking’ activities (reading and make notes on two articles” or “write
writing) and which are best for ‘admin’ paragraph on point B (200-300 words)”.
activities (searching and organising). That way you know exactly what you need
to do and you will know that you have
achieved it. This is better for keeping
Are you a sprinter or a marathon runner? motivated too.
Do you work best with a deadline looming
or does that stress you out? Acknowledge
your working patterns and plan your time It is easy to waste slots of 10 mins here or
accordingly. 20 mins there because we don’t think it is
enough time to get anything done (waiting
for things to start or people to arrive,
Use a grid or a diary sitting on a bus etc). These time fragments
(paper or online) to can actually be usefully used if you plan
work out when you ahead. For example, you can use the time
are busy and when to find a suitable article on your phone or
you could work. tablet; read the abstracts of a couple of
papers; brainstorm initial ideas for an
Even half our slots may be useable (see essay etc. Keep a notebook with you or
right). Be realistic – give yourself some use a notetaking app like EverNote and
time off! you can fill these wasted moments and
save time when you could be working on
something more complicated later.

For each module, find out when your


deadlines are and put them in your diary. When you are too tired to work on
something complicated, use the time to
organise your workspace, your notes, your
Using all the information you have from 1- files etc. It will save time in the future (as
4 above, and working backwards from you can find what you need) and make your
your deadlines, fill in the available times in feel more able to work on the ‘thinking’
your diary with ‘SMART’ targets (see right) tasks when you are more rested as you
for each session. won’t be tempted to tidy up instead.

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