Another chance to catch perhaps the greatest "student story" I'll ever tell: how one man named Jo made it from primitive island village to the top of the career ladder in the Western world, through the power of education.

But perhaps the most incredible part of it all: how he did it all while staying humble, gentle and incredibly generous of spirit. 

He's an inspiration to us all. This is Jo's story.

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/

Get a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams

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Summarising and synthesising the How To Study Effectively course right here on the Exam Study Expert podcast. It all works together as a complete system - listen today to discover how!

The 8th and final part of this special 8-part series on "How To Study Effectively" (abbreviated to H2SE in show titles).

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. https://examstudyexpert.com

Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

Today, we’re talking about interleaving: a powerful but not widely-known study strategy for maths-style problems.

Interleaving will help you master maths faster, and score more highly in tests and exams.

This is Part 7 of this special 8-part series on "How To Study Effectively" (abbreviated to H2SE in show titles). 

If you haven't already listened to Part 1 (broadcast as Episode 66 "How To Study Effectively: 6 Pillars of Student Success"), I recommend you start there before listening to this episode.

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. https://examstudyexpert.com

Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

We catch up with Australian high schooler Rose from Episode 69, one year on, to hear about the impressive transformation she'd pulled off, and break down just how she did it.

Learn the strategies she used to go from a C grade to an A grade in less than a year!

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/

Get a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams

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Podcast Edited by Benoît André.

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Today’s episode brings you the solution to those toughest of memory challenges: by the end, you’ll have a toolkit of handy mnemonic tricks to help you learn those hardest-to-remember bits of your course.

This is Part 6 of this special 8-part series on "How To Study Effectively" (abbreviated to H2SE in show titles). 

If you haven't already listened to Part 1 (broadcast as Episode 66 "How To Study Effectively: 6 Pillars of Student Success"), I recommend you start there before listening to this episode.

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. https://examstudyexpert.com

Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

Discover how aspiring barrister Charlie passed his notoriously challenging law exams using techniques from the Exam Study Expert podcast.

A story of success by studying smarter, not harder; how to achieve at the highest level in academic exams WITHOUT working all night!

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/

Get a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams

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Podcast Edited by Benoît André.

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Today, we’re talking about practice questions and past exam paper questions: a wonderfully effective study strategy that should always play a role in your exam prep.

Includes 4 of my favourite creative strategies to study with practice questions - for advanced users only!

This is Part 5 of this special 8-part series on "How To Study Effectively" (abbreviated to H2SE in show titles). 

If you haven't already listened to Part 1 (broadcast as Episode 66 "How To Study Effectively: 6 Pillars of Student Success"), I recommend you start there before listening to this episode.

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. https://examstudyexpert.com

Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

"I have never been a super great academic kid" - the multi-year story of how Michael turned his academic life around.

From failing school to top 1% in the country, studying pure mathematics at University.

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/

Get a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams

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Podcast Edited by Benoît André.

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Do you like to write notes?

They’re incredibly popular with students at high school, college, university and just about anywhere else you need to study for exams.

The problem is that note-making or writing summaries are pretty terrible ways to get information into memory.

In this episode, I offer you an upgrade to supercharge your limp old standard note-making technique and turn into a roaring dragon or a powerful study strategy.

Part 4 of this special 8-part series on "How To Study Effectively" (abbreviated to H2SE in show titles). If you haven't already listened to Part 1 (broadcast as Episode 66 "How To Study Effectively: 6 Pillars of Student Success"), I recommend you start there before listening to this episode.

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. https://examstudyexpert.com

Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).

The Exam Study Expert student stories series: showing you how real students achieve real success in real exams using the strategies we teach on the podcast.

Today, meet finance professional Divine from the Bahamas, who used the flashcards study strategy to devastating effect to achieve a spectacular 95% in her accounting exams, putting her in the top 1% / 2% of candidates. 

All the more impressive given she was fitting her studies around a busy day job and looking after a family - tune in to find out how she did it!

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Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.

BOOK 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/

Get a copy of Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book, at https://geni.us/exams

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As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases on suggested books.

Podcast Edited by Benoît André. 

Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).