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Try to imagine yourself standing in a kitchen, kneading a ball of dough on the bench. While you’re carrying out this task you see a child ride a bike past the house. Now think about how you would explain to someone else how to carry out these skills? When attempting to improve their academic writing, students often look for a toolkit of explicit rules to follow. A writing toolkit may include elements such as correct grammar, clear syntax, well-formatted citations, and correct

Diagram - Study methods as a code to crack. The extensive list of mistakes that I made during my first year of uni include such gems as, not realising that PowerPoint presentations required references and forgetting to complete weekly e-tests multiple weeks in a row. If you are new to tertiary study or have switched to a new course, the essential ingredient is balance. You should allow yourself to make enough mistakes to learn important lessons, without becoming too complacen

Anyone who has engaged in tertiary education will know that there is a common attitude that university/TAFE is primarily a means to an end, rather than a meaningful journey in its own right.

I have, at times, thought about taking my private tutoring in a direction that more explicitly specialises in neurodivergence. However, without being flippant, I feel as though private tutors end up specialising in neurodivergence by default, given that neurodivergent students are especially likely to require extra help  (Wolpe, 2024) . In my own case, I did not fully come to terms with the impact that my ADHD was having on my studies until I started my master’s course in 202