If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. You are studying at a unique moment in time, when the world as we know it is being changed by technology. Even last year this time, AI (artificial intelligence) was not nearly as generally available and user-friendly as it is now. Have you used it in your studies already? … 29 September 2025 – Using AI to help you study

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. Spring is upon us – in the north of the country it actually feels as if we’ve gone from winter to summer with no transition. That means that the final exams are around the corner. A friend who studied in Pretoria once said, “If you leave your final push … 22 September 2025 – Into the Final Stretch

Have you ever watched a flock of geese flying across the open sky? They move in a huge V, each one in the slipstream (an area with lower pressure or less turbulence) of the one in front. Cyclists do it too, to make it easier and to help them go faster. Researchers estimate that in … 15 September 2025 – Find Your Flock

It has been a full year since we started this newsletter. If you’ve been following us the whole time, this heading will be familiar. I’m sure it is as relevant as it was the first time we talked about it. Do you find yourself “just checking” social media … and only looking up half an … 08 September 2025 – The Temptation of Social Media

The challenges of higher education often generate very intense emotions in students. Many are tempted to pack up and go home because of them. Your brain says this is life and death. Fortunately, that same brain can understand why we feel the way we feel and overrule it by labelling and normalising the overwhelming emotions. … 01 September 2025 – Tie a SCARF round your emotions