Exam help and advice
Exam and revision tips
AWARE produces an exam and revision tips guide, you can down load this here:
Exam and revision tips
For other study skills advice guides go to the AWARE Academic page
During AWARE's Mental Health and Stress Relief campaign, AWARE volunteers collected your top tips on how you revise and destress. Here's some of your suggestions:
- Concentrate on chewing gum during lectures to stop you falling asleep
- Take a break from your work
- Have a long bath
- Eat plenty to give you energy
- Make sure you do all your research before and allow time for planning
- Go to the gym and work out hard to release tension
- Take a day of work once every week
- Listen to music as a way to relax
- Take long walks
- Don't go on msn messenger/facebook
- Talk to someone if you are feeling stressed
- Drinks lots of water
- Get enough sleep
- Meet up with friends to relax
- Revise in lots of different places
- Take regular breaks away from study to refocus your mind
- Work from past papers
Mitigating Circumstances
If something is affecting your concentration and the way you are able to study then you should consider submitting a mitigating circumstances form to your department. For an explanation of mitigating circumstances, what to do and when to do it go to the mitigating circumstances page
Support
If you require some support the following services are available in the University:
AWARE for support with mitigating circumstances, appeals, counselling appointments or general enquiries.
1East Level 3
aware@bath.ac.uk
01225 386906
www.BathStudent.com/AWARE
Learning Support Centre for help with alternative exam arrangements and learning support.
Lodge 1 Eastwood A
learningsupport@bath.ac.uk
01225 383241
www.bath.ac.uk/learning-support
Counselling Service for emotional support or help with personal difficulties.
listening@bath.ac.uk
01225 386898
www.bath.ac.uk/counselling