If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. If you have been using the section on study methods in GRAD – your guide to university success, you will have come across the name of Dr Barbara Oakley. She’s the one who failed Mathematics in high school and yet became a professor of Engineering after she upgraded … 28 April 2025 – Working with AI to Study More Effectively

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. We’re well into the academic year. Even those of you who had never met a computer before coming to university, know that computers and the digital world are an essential, very rich part of this new journey. Use it. Always try and learn more. As you get used to Excel … 21 April 2025 – Handling Information 2: Digital Literacy Using AI

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll talk about information in all shapes and sizes. We’ll talk about digital literacy. We’ll talk about AI and how to use it to advance your studies. We’ll talk about staying safe online. But first, back to basics. You have to understand what comes your … 14 April 2025 – Handling Information 1: The Basics

If you prefer to listen to this newsletter, click here. The theme of this week’s Though is really theoretical at the moment, but if you take it to heart now, you will be forever grateful in forty years’ time. Let’s start with a story. Wendy Selebi is a financial coach, an author and a podcaster. Do … 7 April 2025 – Managing Money 4: Build a Happy Retirement from Day 1