If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. A reminder: Tomorrow 30 June is the closing date of the GRAD – your guide to university success quiz. Please follow this link to answer the quiz questions and give us honest feedback on the value of the material in the guide and the weekly Thought for the Week. You will stand … 29 June 2026 – With Time to Spare: Clearing a Tangle and Thinking about Goals

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. (This one is slightly different from the usual, more personal and emotional. Try listening.) It’s holiday time, and many of you are going home for the first time since leaving to come to university. As you pack your bags, take a moment to pause and breathe. In this year, starting your … 22 June 2026 – Going Home

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. You’re halfway through your exams, and you’re exhausted. You must find the strength and the energy – the GRIT – to keep going in the last stretch. How does one do that?! Prof Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania in America wrote a book called “GRIT: The Power … 15 June 2026 – GRIT

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. It’s exam time, often a time of stress and tension. Next week we’ll give you some support in dealing with that stress and finding the grit you need to get you through, but for now it’s about the practical stuff: how to give your absolute best when you sit … 08 June 2026 – Writing Exams with Confidence

If you’d rather listen to this newsletter, click here. With the mid-year exams upon you, sleep is probably the last on your list of priorities at the moment. Let’s talk about that. Brain Science teaches us that physical changes occur in the brain when we learn. It is similar to when you work out in the gym – your muscles … 01 June 2026 – Sleep in Order to Learn