Use Your Brain
Jenny Shipway Jenny Shipway

Use Your Brain

They say people remember how you make them feel, not what you say. Students and teachers have to fight against this default.

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Making Connections
Jenny Shipway Jenny Shipway

Making Connections

One of the great challenges of A level biology is that you need to really understand things, rather than just memorising facts and figures. It’s about deeper concepts rather than surface facts. But the good news is that this actually makes it easier to remember the associated facts.

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The Dangers of Familiarity
Tom Whitburn Tom Whitburn

The Dangers of Familiarity

There's a dangerous trick your brain can play, which can fool you into using ineffective study techniques and lead to to exam-day confusion and disappointment. But you can overcome it if you know how.

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