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More great GCSE Results with Genius Material

Great results for GCSE students Just goes to show what you can achieve with Genius Material – pass exams easily, that’s what! Proud mother of two more very successful children “We’ve had the most stressful but best summer ever. It concluded today with GCSE results for Olivia. (6A*s, 2As,2Bs) You [...]

Studying Techniques

Reading and re-reading your course manual

I’m horrified to hear that some trainers and teachers suggest that to study for exams, you need to read and re-read your textbook.Anyone who’s tried this and has found that they repeatedly ‘come to’, realising each time that they haven’t taken in a single word of the last paragraph, and [...]

Emotional intelligence, Learning

Biggest revision mistakes: Bad ‘tude, dude!

I received a phone call recently from an A-level student panicking that she only had two weeks before her first exam. She felt ill-prepared and anxious about the time she’d wasted. She spent a good 10 minutes explaining why she was in a pickle – What she had done, what [...]

Studying Techniques

Story Boarding for Financial Services Revision

Storyboards are great for Financial Services revision. They work well for everyone, but are more time-consuming than some other methods of revision. Some people will find that it’s worth their while going to the extra trouble, because it works for them. That’s to say, after making so much effort up [...]

Learning

How to Pass Exams Easily by Doing Less Work

Plenty going on this year, with RDR requirements due to be met by the end of 2012. You’ll be glad to know that I’m working hard to make the life of IFAs much easier and have a few ideas up my sleeve to help. But as a matter of fact, [...]