Would you describe yourself as an active learner?
Active learning means participating in ways that actively engage your brain. Activities that require you to discuss, practise, and review new information are more effective than relying on passive strategies. This means you’re more likely to understand and remember what you do. You probably do this already in many ways but there’s always room for improvement. Check out these strategies for study success:

1. Start by making a semester planner with due dates. Break this down further by creating a weekly timetable for your study.

2. Create your own study guide for each subject using notes from lectures, textbooks, journals, and your reading. Regularly review your notes and organise them by theme or topic.

3. Set aside time to review your notes every week. This will help you identify any weaknesses in your understanding and areas you need to focus more time on.

4. Plan your study time as 30-60 minute blocks with a 5 to 10-minute break between each one.

5. Design a mind map or knowledge tree for each subject with key topics or issues. Put it on a wall so you see it every day and add to it as your knowledge grows.

6. Keep a copy of all the questions or scenarios from lectures, textbooks, and tutorials. Use these questions as exam revision.

7. Try different approaches to study. Record a summary on your phone, explain a theory to someone, do a practice exam, try problem-solving, rewrite your notes, draw diagrams, use mnemonics and rhymes.

8. Make or join a study group for your unit. Even studying with students from other courses will help keep you motivated and engaged.

9. Review the feedback on your assessment tasks and try to understand why you received the grade you did.

10. Take advantage of all the resources and support available to you at uni. Check out the Academic Help and Workshops avaialble for the semester and access the self-study resources.