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Effective Note Taking Strategies for HSC students
Effective note-taking is an essential skill for successful HSC students. Whether in the classroom or at home, developing a system for taking and organising notes is crucial to exam preparation. Here are some tips for writing effective notes that will support you in preparing for the exam room. Use a structured format Organise your notes by topic and subtopic, using headings, bullet points, and numbered lists. This structure will make it easier to read and review your notes, helping you to...
The Most Effective Study Strategies for Business Studies
When studying for Business Studies, its essential to have a set of detailed and well thought out summary notes for each core topic (Operations, Marketing, Finance and Human Resources) however this alone is not always enough to achieve the highest marks in exams....
5 Tips For A Band 6 Visual Arts Essay
It is important to note that the theoretical component of Visual arts counts for 50% of your final mark. Therefore it is important to nail the essay writing and unseen plate component of the course as well as your major piece of work. Although there are many different...
Why Did The RBA Leave Interest Rates At 1.5%?
For the eighth consecutive month, the Reserve Bank has left official interest rates at a historic low of 1.5%. Why? A multitude of factors influenced the board to loosen monetary policy, including the steady increase in property market prices of domestic capital...
500 Tips Of Summer (actually, more like 5): How To Use Your Holidays To Their Full Potential
The summer holidays are a critical time during which we encourage all students to actively reflect, plan and implement good study habits to place them in good stead ahead of the rest of year 12. While it’s certainly not a do or die kind of mentality and you all...
Do I Make Money or Be Happy?
Finding the Right Career for You Maybe you’ve only ever thought that you can make money or be happy when you choose your career. That seems like an extremely hard choice, right? Either you find a job that makes you satisfied and happy to go to work every morning, or...
Creating a Purposeful Gap Year
If you’re one of the thousands of students who’ve decided to take a gap year before settling down to uni, you’ve made a great decision. If you’re doing it to travel with friends, take some time off from school, or just work out what it is you want to do with your...
How to Find your Passion & Purpose
Sometimes, it may feel like you’re just bumping through life, aimlessly and without a purpose or a passion. People around you are so sure of what they’re going to do after school and with the rest of their lives. It can be intimidating to know someone like that who...
How To Supercharge Your Productivity
How is it possible that business leaders, politicians, and even every other friend you have in school gets more stuff done during their day? How can they use their 24 hours in day better than you? We all have the same number of hours, so what makes them so productive?...
Too Much School Is Not Always Cool
Some days, you might be thinking that school is a waste of time and that nothing good will come of it. Studies are showing that you could be right. There are an incredible number of young people, freshly graduated from universities with Bachelor degrees, Masters, and...
Be the First: Careers That Have Changed Through the Years
What will your future hold? What will your future career be? The good news is that there is no prescribed future career for anyone. The world is changing and it’s changing so fast that careers are popping up in places no one could have predicted. How could anyone 10...
Stay Flexible with STEM Degrees
Have you heard about STEM degrees? No, it’s a real thing, I promise. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It’s these 4 degrees and the fields that they represent that will see the most job growth over the next couple decades. It’s these...
Jobs of the Future: Everything to Gain in Venture Capital
If you’ve ever seen the show Shark Tank, you’ll understand the concept of a venture capitalist. They are the hotshots who put money into fledgling businesses before anyone else believes in them. There are incredible success stories of investors getting in early on...
Jobs of the Future: Become an Entrepreneur, Do Your Own Thing
Still one of the greatest ways to make your mark in this world is through a business of your own. The best part is that the most successful entrepreneurs are often university dropouts or never even bothered to go. That’s no excuse to be lazy, but it is certainly...
Jobs of the Future: Construction Industry Jobs: Building Australia Better
It seems not that long ago that Australia ticked over to its 20 millionth citizen. Now the number is slowly getting to 25 million people in the country, with it only set to rise faster in the future. There is one industry that is very happy with these numbers. It’s...
SMH Article: NAPLAN Results Not Good Enough
An interesting article here on the lack of improvement in NAPLAN results for 2016 which has led federal Education Minister Simon Birmingham to call for a fresh approach to teaching young people. In late 2014, Carol & I had a highly stimulating educational tour of...
Jobs of the Future: Medical Careers Will Live a Long Life Yet
Computers will change the way the world works in the future. It will literally change the way the world works. Work will be different in the future. Some jobs will be eliminated and others will spring up as a whole new career never thought about before. Working in...
Jobs of the Future: Engineering Careers: Perfecting an Imperfect World
Consistently listed on the best jobs of the future is the world of engineering. It’s all about designing, creating, building, and putting solutions in place. If you feel like the world around you isn't perfect yet, become an engineer. You might not make the world...
Jobs of the Future: Maths and Science Careers That Are Growing Exponentially
Don’t give up just yet on that Maths textbook. Take one more look at that Physics homework. It could be bad news or good news depending on how you look at it, but these subjects will determine whether or not you get to make serious money in the future. Those who have...
Data Scientist Careers (It’s Cooler than it Sounds)
Do you want to be in what’s being called the “sexiest career of the future”? It’s not actually that glamorous, but it will be a career that has the opportunity to make some serious coin. Data scientists are steadily becoming the new wave of IT professionals to see a...
2016 HSC Student Enrolments Closing
Enrolments for 2016 HSC Students will be closing this week on Sunday 3rd July 2016. There is still time to join the HSC CoWorks Year 12 Program to get tuition & coaching needed to achieve a great HSC result this year! Click here for more information on the program...
