Tips on going back to uni

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Hope everyone had a beautiful holiday and a happy new year🥰☺️

Real life has comeback and we’re back to lectures now

What is your best tip on easing ourselves back into academics after a long relaxing holiday 🧐🧐?

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Diggory

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by Kingston Sarah

Hope everyone had a beautiful holiday and a happy new year🥰☺️
Real life has comeback and we’re back to lectures now
What is your best tip on easing ourselves back into academics after a long relaxing holiday 🧐🧐?

Getting back into the groove after the holiday season can be hard!! Why not refresh your study space? Maybe get a new plant or new stationary that would make you excited to get stuck back in. More practically, setting a revision plan of bitesize revision that you could actually stick to may also help. Also, there are more tips here https://www.theuniguide.co.uk/advice/revision-help 🕺🏻

(edited 2 months ago)

Reply 2

hallamstudents

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by Kingston Sarah

Hope everyone had a beautiful holiday and a happy new year🥰☺️
Real life has comeback and we’re back to lectures now
What is your best tip on easing ourselves back into academics after a long relaxing holiday 🧐🧐?

Hi there!

I've had a lovely holiday so I'm not looking forward to starting work again! I am looking forward to going back to Sheffield to see all my friends though.

My best tips for easing myself back in are:

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Try and get back into a routine as soon as possible. I struggle to be motivated unless I have a good routine, so this is one of the main things I do. I like to make a schedule of when classes are, when I have work etc and I start to settle into a good routine which always helps.

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Make some fun plans for the first week. I always find going back to uni helps if I have a couple of fun plans coming up that I can look forward to. Even if they are not big plans, just knowing I have a coffee date of shopping trip coming up helps me to settle in!

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Try and get on top of work in the first week. Of course, you aren't going to start any assignments (probably) in the first week, but I like to try and write out what the assignments are at least so I feel a bit clearer about what I have to do and when the deadlines are.

I hope some of these help!

Lucy -SHU student ambassador 🙂

Reply 3

University of Sheffield Students

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Original post

by Kingston Sarah

Hope everyone had a beautiful holiday and a happy new year🥰☺️
Real life has comeback and we’re back to lectures now
What is your best tip on easing ourselves back into academics after a long relaxing holiday 🧐🧐?

This is such an interesting question, because it can be so hard to get back to being motivated after a nice, relaxing break.

I definitely try to ease myself back into. Slow and steady wins the race. I try and do some simpler, nicer tasks to get back into the groove and I find that, once I start, it becomes easier to remember what you were doing before the break and get back into the rhythms!

But I do also LOVE the suggestion to refresh the workspace with a new plant, maybe that will become part of my tradition moving forwards ☺️🌵

Best,
Phoebe
Student Ambassador - PhD in English Literature

Reply 4

Kingston Sarah

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Original post

by hallamstudents

Hi there!
I've had a lovely holiday so I'm not looking forward to starting work again! I am looking forward to going back to Sheffield to see all my friends though.
My best tips for easing myself back in are:

•

Try and get back into a routine as soon as possible. I struggle to be motivated unless I have a good routine, so this is one of the main things I do. I like to make a schedule of when classes are, when I have work etc and I start to settle into a good routine which always helps.

•

Make some fun plans for the first week. I always find going back to uni helps if I have a couple of fun plans coming up that I can look forward to. Even if they are not big plans, just knowing I have a coffee date of shopping trip coming up helps me to settle in!

•

Try and get on top of work in the first week. Of course, you aren't going to start any assignments (probably) in the first week, but I like to try and write out what the assignments are at least so I feel a bit clearer about what I have to do and when the deadlines are.

I hope some of these help!
Lucy -SHU student ambassador 🙂

Thank you for sharing.

I definitely agree with the second advice, I just submitted a really heavy assignment immediately after Christmas break and what kept me motivated was my weekend plans with my friends for after submission😃. Giving ourselves incentives after achievements can do wonders.

-Sarah (Kingston Rep)

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