Procrastination and the Pomodoro technique

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.

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.

Focus Keeper Free

Free Pomodoro timer for iOS.

Focus Matrix – Task Manager

Free Priority Matrix app for iOS.

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.

Goodtime - Pomodoro Timer

Free Pomodoro timer for Android.

Google Keep

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

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.

Learning Styles

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

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.

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.