Some say that listening to music while studying makes the process more pleasant. However, it can distract you quite a lot. If you can’t go without music, try something instrumental or orchestral - and make your smartphone unreachable. If your smartphone keeps distracting you and you spend hours on it, make it hard to reach.

As with dividing up your total study time, you can also divide up huge tasks into smaller pieces. They won’t seem that hard and will be easier to manage. As a result, you’ll get a more stable workflow.

Having intrusive thoughts popping into our heads is a sort of defensive mechanism when dealing with boring tasks. If you’re struggling to focus on studying, write down everything that distracts you on a piece of paper, then put it away until you finish studying.

Exercise boosts your brain activity. Next time you decide to take a break between studying subjects, take a walk instead of sitting around.

Apart from installing the software necessary for your studies, get rid of all the junk. And, most importantly, remove all the distracting bookmarks from your browser. You know you’re going to use the Internet a lot, so make sure that nothing is in the way.

You can help your memory, by repeating things over and over, writing things out, organising information into pictures and mind maps, putting information to music. This will depend on your learning style and your strengths.

Highlighters and coloured pencils are invaluable tools to improve note taking while reading. Try to make photocopies of relevant chapters and then underline important points and colour code the really key points. This can help you emphasise what is essential.

If you are a visual learner, make the most of this by using your imagination and creative strengths by developing pictures codes in your notes. Make use of diagrams, charts and mind maps to link information. Try to remember things by forming pictures in your head and try drawing pictures in the book margin rather than writing everything. You could also convert what you read into a story or a film in your head. This would facilitate retention of information.

You may find it easier to listen to material rather than read it. Some software packages can allow you to do this e.g Windows voice typing. Alternatives include speaking your ideas into your phone. This can help you to clarify the ideas in your head and prevent you from losing them when you cannot write them down.

Break your tasks into several small steps and tackle just a few steps at a time. This can be less daunting than writing the whole essay or reading the whole book at once. For example, break down an exam question into chunks and focus on these individually. This will help you to be more organised.

Some say that listening to music while studying makes the process more pleasant. However, it can distract you quite a lot. If you can’t go without music, try something instrumental or orchestral - and make your smartphone unreachable. If your smartphone keeps distracting you and you spend hours on it, make it hard to reach.

As with dividing up your total study time, you can also divide up huge tasks into smaller pieces. They won’t seem that hard and will be easier to manage. As a result, you’ll get a more stable workflow.

Having intrusive thoughts popping into our heads is a sort of defensive mechanism when dealing with boring tasks. If you’re struggling to focus on studying, write down everything that distracts you on a piece of paper, then put it away until you finish studying.

Exercise boosts your brain activity. Next time you decide to take a break between studying subjects, take a walk instead of sitting around.

Apart from installing the software necessary for your studies, get rid of all the junk. And, most importantly, remove all the distracting bookmarks from your browser. You know you’re going to use the Internet a lot, so make sure that nothing is in the way.

You can help your memory, by repeating things over and over, writing things out, organising information into pictures and mind maps, putting information to music. This will depend on your learning style and your strengths.

Highlighters and coloured pencils are invaluable tools to improve note taking while reading. Try to make photocopies of relevant chapters and then underline important points and colour code the really key points. This can help you emphasise what is essential.

If you are a visual learner, make the most of this by using your imagination and creative strengths by developing pictures codes in your notes. Make use of diagrams, charts and mind maps to link information. Try to remember things by forming pictures in your head and try drawing pictures in the book margin rather than writing everything. You could also convert what you read into a story or a film in your head. This would facilitate retention of information.

You may find it easier to listen to material rather than read it. Some software packages can allow you to do this e.g Windows voice typing. Alternatives include speaking your ideas into your phone. This can help you to clarify the ideas in your head and prevent you from losing them when you cannot write them down.

Break your tasks into several small steps and tackle just a few steps at a time. This can be less daunting than writing the whole essay or reading the whole book at once. For example, break down an exam question into chunks and focus on these individually. This will help you to be more organised.