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Neuroplasticity

What is neuroplasticity, and why should we care? If you’ve just hopped onto the StudyTime website,...

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Why Failure is Okay

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

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Writing in the Real World

Do you groan internally when your English teacher announces that you need to...

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

The human brain is a mysterious beast. To some students, it’s a vital organ...

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

6 Step Guide to Writing a Killer Essay

At high school, particularly here in New Zealand, ideas are always assessed in...

Has Your Motivation Hit a Wall? Here’s How To Push Through

Do you find yourself going to the library only to waste your day staring at a...

Planning your University Studies

In your last few years of high school, things can get pretty exciting. More...

How To Plan an Internal

We don't think we're being dramatic when we say internals are the single worst...

Preparing For Your First NCEA Exam

It’s your first year of NCEA exams, and you’re looking at the stressed-out...

How To Make (Good) Goals for 2020

Goal-making is a notoriously common task you’re asked to do at the beginning...

A Crash Course for Good Research

High school is all about learning, which is kind of why your teachers exist....

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

When I was in high school, I knew exactly how much  I was supposed to...

Understanding University Degrees

As the end of year 13 sneaks closer and closer, so do big decisions about your...

How to Effectively Study with a Past Paper

So you’ve decided that since exams are coming up, it might be time to do some...

Why Failure is Okay

Failure’s often seen as a bad thing, but sometimes it can actually be good. We share how you can turn failure into success.

Understanding Science Subjects

It’s no secret that science - be it chemistry, physics, or biology - is a...

Timetabling Options for the Busy Student

With mock exams right around the corner, and NCEA externals following soon...

Writing in the Real World

Do you groan internally when your English teacher announces that you need to...

How to Analyse NCEA Poetry in 6 Steps

If you’re doing English, there’s a 100% chance you’ll be asked to...

How to Juggle the Internal Rush

It’s mid-year(ish), internals are coming in hot as you get into the swing of...

How To Plan an Internal

We don't think we're being dramatic when we say internals are the single worst...

How to Prepare for Exams

Let’s all stop kidding ourselves - studying for exams is insanely hard. The...

9 Study Hacks When You’re Unmotivated AF

When I was in high school, I knew exactly how much  I was supposed to...

How to Finally “Get” Maths, Once and for All

There’s nothing I hated at high school more than Maths.  Not only were my...

7 Things to Remember Before Results Are Out

NCEA results come out tomorrow.  Whether you’re actively dreading it or...

Maintaining New Habits

Introducing a new habit can be tough. It’s too easy to get demotivated, you...

How to Catch Up On Your Studies

We’re almost halfway through the year and with COVID-19, a truckload of...

How to Effectively Study with a Past Paper

So you’ve decided that since exams are coming up, it might be time to do some...

Types of Learners Don’t Exist

Have you ever seen a really good diagram in class, and it just made so much...

Why Critical Thinking Is So Important

In an age where information can be spread so easily, as GC’s (good citizens),...

The Never-ending Capacity of the Brain

The human brain is a mysterious beast. To some students, it’s a vital organ...