Health, Learning

The lazy way to better grades

It’s early days, but it just might be that sleeping late in the morning is the ideal way to get better grades in your exams! If you’ve ever woken up grumpy and confused, you won’t be surprised that David Dinges of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia concluded from his [...]

Brain, Health

Use it or lose it – how to get better grades in your Diploma in Financial Planning

What do nuns at the convent of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in on Good Counsel Hill in Mankato Minnesota teach us about keeping your brain alive and healthy and using it efficiently to get better grades in your Diploma in Financial Planning ? Alzheimer’s expert David Snowden of [...]

Brain, Health

Eat well for a better memory in regulated diploma exams

Did you know, your brain is easily the greediest organ in your body and even though it’s only 2% of your body weight, it gobbles up 25% of all the energy from the food you eat! So it’s hardly surprising that what you eat affects how well you can think [...]

Brain, Health

Exercise for a better memory in CII exams

For those of you looking to improve your memory for CII exams, but who baulk at the idea of exercise, the bad news is nothing works better! The good news though is that you can get away with gentle walking for half an hour, three times a week. Surely we [...]

Brain, Health

More sleep, better memory

Going short on sleep does you no favours whatsoever. Planning, problem-solving, learning, concentration, working memory and alertness all suffer. IQ scores also fall. Sean Drummond from the University of California, San Diego, points out that staying awake for 21 hours reduces your level of ability to that when you’re drunk! [...]

Emotional intelligence, Health, Learning

Panic stations

Ever find yourself so snowed under that you just don’t know where to start? What is your strategy for getting through the chaos? Does the thought that your exams are looming send you into a panic attack? It’s true to say that when our bodies enter the stress response we [...]

Health, Memory

Sleeping for success – memory consolidation

. Sounds good, doesn’t it! Wouldn’t it be great if, instead of slogging away at your revision, napping was the key to better revision! Well it is – sort of! Studies at the University of Tübingen in Germany have shown very convincingly, that sleep plays a very important role in [...]