Exams

As students, we all recognise the far too familiar struggle of going to the library and knowing that you are unlikely to leave for the foreseeable future, due to all the impending deadlines and coursework that really should have been started weeks ago. In attempt to make your library visits a...

What is supposed to be, for many, a time of family, friends, gifts, and celebration, can instead be a time of immense stress and expectations. Students perhaps understand this more than others. The month between the autumn and spring semesters is considered a holiday, but there barely seems to...

So…we are a month into the new academic year and you’re now wondering how time flew by so quickly? Already you hear students talking about upcoming coursework and looming exam deadlines. It’s only October yet your mind is circulating with the number of hours you need to set aside...

It’s exam season, we are all feeling lethargic and downright fed up of Hallward/Georgey G. How to rectify this problem and re-energise ourselves (and in doing so, our essays), we all need breaks! In the form of a day trip to another city in close proximity to Nottingham of...

For the first time in UK history, it has come to the public’s attention that suicide rates amongst students have topped those of non-students. The figures have risen by 56% between 2007 and 2016, according to a conference in New Zealand, and though it is not specified what type...

Ryman Stationery has recently surveyed over 8,000 students studying in the UK about their revision habits and how exam stress is affecting their mental health. The majority of students surveyed, 61%, admitted they felt stressed about upcoming exams, with 74% admitting they put pressure on themselves. 63% of students...

Reports that the dates for the 2018 summer exam period had been moved by the University of Nottingham (UoN) have been circulating among students, based on conflicting reports on differing UoN webpages. The University of Nottingham website currently states that the summer exam period runs from Monday 21st May...