University and Tertiary

Why students should never wait until in-class revision begins, and why they often do. The topic of when to start revising for a test is often a hotly contested one...

Learning Through Self-Reflection – At Every Year Level Exams are over. Whether you’re in Year 7 or Year 11, it’s tempting to push your results aside and move on. But...

As educators, we are constantly balancing the needs of diverse learners while managing workload and classroom expectations. A common concern is that inclusive practices—strategies designed to support students with additional...

Text/Exam responses not addressing the question? Here’s six questions students can be asking themselves to improve. When it comes to preparing for exams, it’s easy to think that the hardest...

In recent decades, multiple new technologies have transformed students’ school experiences through changes in learning, teaching and assessment styles. AI is already doing the same, and the changes have not...

In a recent blog post we addressed why students aren’t taking notes, and why they should be. This blog post is for those students who haven’t developed their note taking...

In the last blog post we defined perfectionism as the tendency to adopt unrealistic or unnecessarily high expectations about one’s standard of work, and discussed how to identify it as...

Perfectionism is a problem that has been cropping up more and more regularly in our work with students. It often lies beneath the surface of other problems and can be...

With mid year exams fast approaching we thought it would be useful to share some key learnings from exams for students to take note of. These learnings are from our...

Are you about to start university for the first time and are wondering what it will be like? Well you are in the right place as not only have I...

A question for Year 12 students to answer after they complete their studies this year – is your next step going to university or completing further studies? For many students...

“Do you regularly back up your school laptop?” When I ask this question of students, the answer is invariably they have no idea. In most cases after further investigation, they...