How to Cope with Coursework

Although I'm not a student this year, I was last year. And I found I was completely bogged down. I was doing two what they call "fast track" A Level courses (anyone who is doing their A Levels will already know what this is), basically, its where you do the AS year and the A2 years work in one year, so you are having two classes per subject. I was doing this for Film Studies and History and let me tell you it is possibly the most stressful thing I have ever done...! As well as this, I was been forced by the college to take a General Studies A Level and to do a Key Skills qualification in Application of Number (I despise maths so I hated ...  Read the complete review

I'm a (semi) mature student studying Law, so I can only share my experience of doing Law coursework and case studies. I think it's part of the human condition to leave things to the last minute but putting off university essays or coursework with the attitude of why do today what you can do tomorrow is one of the least helpful (but most popular) approaches to take. I'm the kind of person who doesn't function well under stress so it always surprises me when I end up in a place of complete stress because I've left it to the week before it's due to start my research! Over my first year I've developed a new approach, and although it doesn't come naturally, it ...  Read the complete review

Coursework can a times put a real downer on your life. To someone that finds it hard to do coursework, just knowing you have a deadline to meet can start the roller coaster of stress, but in such circumstances you have to realise that at the end of the day you will complete the coursework, get a grade you are happy with, and look back upon your worries and realise it was all for nothing. Personally I have seen the benefits of coursework through my academic career. There's the chance to put time into the piece of work, just think of an exam, maybe an hour and a half's work is all you will be assessed on; have a bad day and the consequences could be devastating. ...  Read the complete review

I'm one of these people who did ok at school and then went to University only to discover that Uni is NOT at all like school. You've suddenly got untold freedom - no parents, no boundaries - except you're meant to be there to study and get something at the end of it! I went from an environment where I had to be in by a certain time, had to get picked up by my Dad, had to phone if something happened etc etc, to one where you could do what you want when you wanted to do it, or not as the case maybe. With temptations in various forms all around you...everything seeming more appealing than studying or going to lectures! So I very quickly ...  Read the complete review

This is possibly a bit late to do a review like this, with the summer holidays starting and most students / schoolkids not having any coursework left to do. But there’s always the next term,no-one has done a review on it for 4 years and I’m bored! Coursework is possibly one of the most soul destroying tasks in the universe, and coursework for anyone in education is almost a given. You can feel your heart turn to ice when the lecturer / teacher gives you the instructions which look completely alien. You can see your life floating away in some god forsaken corner of the library whilst all your mates are out having a ball. Going to your bedroom is a waste ...  Read the complete review