Get A First Class Degree

The marks required for different classifications of degree vary between universities, but are typically as follows:

40% or above = 3rd
50% or above = 2:2
60% or above = 2:1
70% or above = 1st

Some universities require a mark as high as 85% for a first class degree. I have spoken to students who attended such establishments […]

It is possible to get extensions to deadlines for your degree work if you have a genuine reason.

Degree students applying for extensions due to a last minute crisis are usually viewed with suspicion. Give tutors as much notice as possible and ensure all necessary paperwork (extension request form for example) is completed promptly.
Be honest, and […]

Use the university library, and get into the habit of renewing books ever week to avoid fines!
Find out if your university has a scheme for students to re-sell old books. If so use this to buy books and sell them on when finished.
Amazon often sell used books via third parties, these are often ridiculously cheap […]

If you want to achieve a first class degree it is essential to become as effective as possible in terms of revision. I once read that the hardest part of getting started is getting started, with that in mind consider the when it comes to revising:

Do not procrastinate, start your revision early!
Make sure you check […]

Linux is a free operating system, a cost free alternative to Microsoft Windows. It also offers free applications, providing cost free alternatives to Microsoft Office, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Photoshop etc, a useful product for any hard up student!
Ubuntu is a popular distribution of Linux, designed to be easy to use and accessible to all (a […]

Gmail (Google Mail) is the best free web based mail client around. During my degree I found it very reliable. It has a calendar linked to it which you can use to plan your degree work, plotting assignment deadlines etc. It can also be used as an ad-hoc means of backing up your degree work.
Advantages:

Unlimited […]

USB disks are a useful way of carrying your degree work with you and transferring it between different machines, but they are easily lost, damaged and do not have enough storage for full backup and archiving of all your degree work and research material.
For full backup or archiving of your degree work you may like […]

When I started my degree, not many people had these but today I think the majority of Students use them.
My first 128 MB drive cost £25, and a 1 GB drive would have cost well over £100.
A year later I replaced the 128 MB with a 256 MB for the same price (£25).
At time of […]

Many Universities (bars and cafés too) have WiFi access points which can be of great value to degree students on the move! Most laptops now have wireless functionality built into them, but if yours does not then you would be well advised to have a look at the Dabs value card produced by Edimax, which:

Is […]

Getting into a flow, or into the “zone” as some people describe it is vitally important if you want to achieve a first class degree.
What myself and others are describing is state of mind, of sorts, where every thing clicks, ideas come flooding forward, you are on a roll, and you know it!
I never found […]