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Now in its sixteenth year, this bestselling planner is the ultimate self-management tool for students. Formerly published as The Palgrave Student Planner, it contains everything students need to organise their information and time effectively, including study skills advice, week-to-view diary pages, habit trackers, personal finance guidance, timetables, useful contacts and websites, spelling rules, notes pages and much more. Plastic-free, it features a handy card pocket at the back, a bookmark ribbon and an elastic pen loop.The Macmillan Student Planner is an essential companion for students of all levels and subject areas in further and higher education.

This friendly, accessible guide provides international students with 50 practical 'Ways' to help them make the most of their experience overseas. Each of the 50 'Ways' in this book is a starting point, offering suggestions of things to do and think about, alongside opportunities to reflect on, choose and commit to new ideas and actions. Spanning the whole international student journey, it will help students to recognise potential challenges, connect with other students and take action that will prepare them for life after their study abroad adventure.This is an ideal resource for any student who wants to make the most of their time studying overseas.

This practical guide presents fifty ways in which students can revitalise their approach to studying and boost their grades.

This practical book will inspire and encourage students to shape new habits and make stress-management a natural part of their everyday routine. It shows students how to recognise helpful and unhelpful stress, identify their stress triggers and develop coping mechanisms to ease and manage stress.

This bestselling planner is the ultimate self-management tool for students. Formerly published as The Palgrave Student Planner , it contains everything students need to organise their information and time effectively, including study skills advice, week-to-view diary pages, habit trackers, personal finance guidance, timetables, useful contacts and websites, spelling rules, notes pages and much more. Now plastic-free, it features a handy card pocket at the back and a second elastic which can be used as a bookmark.An essential companion for students of all levels and subject areas in further and higher education.

This book will inspire and motivate students to shape new habits and make effective use of time in their studies, work and everyday lives.

This highly practical book will inspire and motivate students to shape new habits and develop a winning approach to writing.

Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- The Beauty of Mindfulness.- Introduction.- How to Use This Book.- PART I: WHAT IS MINDFULNESS?.- 1. Mindfulness as Experience.- 2. The Origins of Mindfulness.- 3. Mindfulness is....- 4. Why Mindfulness?.- 5. What Does Mindfulness Involve?.- 6. Why meditation and Where Does it Fit in?.- 7. What Can I Expect?.- 8. Evidence of the Benefits.- 9. How Mindfulness Can Help Students.- 10.- Are There Any Risks or Downsides?.- 11. Myths and Misconceptions About Mindfulness.- PART II: TECHNIQUE AND CONCEPTS.- 12. Introducing the Techniques.- 13. Starter Exercises.- 14. Just Noticing.- 15. Seeing With New Eyes.- 16. Appreciating Stillness.- 17. Awareness of Body and Breath.- 18. Mindfulness of Breathing Meditation.- 19. Managing the Challenges of Meditation.- 20. Inner Chatter and Judgemental Commentary.- 21. Metta Meditation.- 22. Metta in Everyday Life.- 23. Developing Your Practice.- 24. Meditating With Others.- 25. Mindfulness in Everyday Activities.- 26. Bringing Mindfulness Into Everyday Life.- 27. Tips on Technique.- 28. FAQs.- Sky-like Mind.- PART III: APPLYING MINDFULNESS TO STUDY.- 29. Applying Mindfulness to Study.- 30. Mindful 'Warm-up' to Study.- 31. Applying Metta to Study.- 32. Finding the Joy in Study.- 33. Want it? Hate it? Lost the Plot?.- 34. Managing Study Aversions.- 35. Wanting, Grasping, Craving.- 36. Self- Delusional Thinking About Study.- 37. Building Your Powers of Attention.- 38. Multi-Tasking - and Being 'Fully Present'.- 39. Listening Mindfully in Class.- 40. Using Study Time Mindfully.- 41. Reading Mindfully.- 42. Word Power: Mindfulness of Language.- 43. Mindfulness When Writing Assignments.- 44. Using Tutor Feedback Mindfully.- 45. Mindfulness for Tests, Exams and Assessment.- 46. Mindful Management of Stress, Anxiety and Set-Backs.- PART IV: RECORDS AND REFLECTIONS.- 47. Mindfulness and Reflection.- To-Do Checklist.- Prompts: Reflecting on Meditation Sessions.- Themes for Reflecting on Meditation Practice.- Record of Meditation Time.- Reflection on Mindfulness Practice (Outline).- Reflection on Deliberately Mindful Moments (DMMs).- References and Bibliography.- Index.- Mindfulness for Study and for Life.

Ideal for students who are mystified by lecturer comments such as 'more analysis needed', this title takes the art of analysis and breaks it down into easy-to-understand blocks, with clear explanations, good examples, and plenty of activities to develop understanding at each stage.