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  • Link to list of 50 educational podcasts

    50 Educational Podcasts You Should Check Out

    Great list of educational podcasts to aid research and broaden knowledge.

  • Link to 'Barking up the wrong tree' blog

    6 things productive people do every day

    Most Productive People: 6 Things They Do Every Day - tips from Eric Barker's 'Barking up the wrong tree' blog.

  • Coggle

    Coggle is an online tool for creating and sharing mindmaps. It works online in your browser: there's nothing to download or install.

  • Link to droptask

    Drop Task

    Create visual to-do lists with items grouped together by colour. Can set dates, link files, choose priority etc. Useful for group projects too.

  • Evernote

    Organise notes into notebooks. Add images, sketches, lists and webclips. Access anywhere. Available across a range of platforms.

  • Link to Focus Keeper Free

    Focus Keeper Free

    Free Pomodoro timer for iOS.

  • Link to Focus Matrix

    Focus Matrix – Task Manager

    Free Priority Matrix app for iOS.

  • Footnotes Visual Multilayered Thinking

    Footnotes VMT

    Footnotes is a Visual Multilayered Thinking process developed by Oliver West.

  • Get focused - 13 tools to eliminate distractions today

    A round-up of some of the most useful tools and apps for cutting down on distractions.

  • Link to Goodtime app

    Goodtime - Pomodoro Timer

    Free Pomodoro timer for Android.

  • Image of Google Keep on a laptop and phone

    Google Keep

    Cross platform tool for capturing and sharing notes, lists, images and audio clips.

  • Link to TED talk

    Inside the mind of a master procrastinator

    TED talk by Tim Urban – inside the mind of a master procrastinator. Why people procrastinate and some strategies for getting around this.

  • Link to multiple intelligences quiz

    Learning Styles

    Take a quiz to find out your preferred learning style and find out how to learn more effectively.

  • Image of My Study Bar dashboard

    My Study Bar

    A set of freeware apps to help with reading, writing, planning and organisation. Comes with tutorials and can be run from a flash drive. PC only.

  • Link to OneNote page

    OneNote

    Create notebooks, with multiple sections and multiple pages. Share and collaborate with others. Cross platform and mainly free. Click here to find out how it compares to Evernote.

  • Link to University of Sheffield's Organising yourself website

    Organising yourself - University of Sheffield

    Interactive, audio-led guidance and information from the University of Sheffield. Learning styles, time management and memory are covered. Contains drag-and-drop practice exercises.

  • Link to Popplet website

    Popplet

    Simple, online tool (and app) for creating mind maps and mood boards.

  • Procrastination and the Pomodoro technique

    YouTube video about how to beat procrastination using the Pomodoro technique

  • Link to Lifehacker article on Pomodoro

    Productivity 101: A Primer to The Pomodoro Technique

    Great guide to getting organised with the Pomodoro method.

  • Link to Silvercloud

    Silvercloud

    Working through this personalised CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) programme will help improve your mental wellbeing.

  • Link to library catalogue for Skills for success

    Skills for success: The personal development planning handbook

    This book will help you to think about personal, academic and career goals and to plan a path to success.

  • Link to library catalogue for Study Skills Handbook

    Study Skills Handbook

    The 'go-to' study skills book for new students with (or without) dyslexia.

  • Team Gantt

    teamgantt

    Teamgantt is a simple online software for creating gantt charts via drag and drop.

  • Link to the organised student website

    The organised student

    A website/blog by a recent graduate - contains free printables for studying.

  • Link to Tomato Timer

    Tomato Timer

    Free online Pomodoro timer.

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