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Being an independent learner
has been very difficult for me.

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At school you're
very much force fed

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a curriculum and the
textbooks are very prescribed

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whereas university you
have much more freedom,

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not just in what you read,
but also your thinking.

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I believe that independent
learning is going away

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in your free time,
reading up on lectures.

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Because sometimes you're
fed so many different bits

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of information and different
bits you want to follow up.

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So I make a point of
writing down anything

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that I need to follow
up or question.

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As soon I finish the
lecture, I always go home

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and if there's something
I haven't understood,

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I look over it again.

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The material I discovered
in lectures and seminars,

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if I particularly enjoyed them
I would go to the library,

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because the library has a
great selection of books

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and the online resources
are really, really helpful.

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If I have a question
to try and answer

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I'd try my best to do it myself.

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So I'd try and study
myself, like maybe go

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to the library or
research online.

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But then if that
fails then I would

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ask the lecturer for help.

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University revision
seems to be a lot less

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structured than what A-level is.

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You're not spoon
fed the answers.

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It's impossible to
remember everything,

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so notes are a very useful
way to jog your memory

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and use them when it
comes to a revision.

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Fortunately for me, I had
lots of useful tips and advice

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from my lecturers and
from other students

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around me and different
ways to revise.

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I think the most
effective way is

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to discuss it with
other classmates.

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It's a learning curve.

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In my first year, I kind of just
sat and I looked at my notes

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and I read them over
and over and over.

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And it just didn't go in.

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So in my second year, what I
did was I rewrote my notes.

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I colour coded my notes.

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I found extra examples.

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I made flash cards.

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Things like that.

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And it just improved my
exam schools dramatically.