Exam Study Expert: ace your exams with the science of learning
Don’t work harder, work smarter: how to study effectively and get the grades of your dreams with winning review strategies, killer memory techniques and exam preparation tips you won’t hear anywhere else. Join Cambridge educated psychologist, study techniques researcher, coach and tutor William Wadsworth as we dive into the secrets of academic success.Looking for the grades of your dreams? Want to know the real secrets to preparing for and taking exams? Through a powerful combination of rich personal experience and the very latest learning and memory science, William and his expert guests are here to help. Here's to results day smiles!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 196
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
62. Group Work: The REAL Secrets of Success with Prof. Mark de Rond
The art of teamwork, and how to ace group assignments at school and university:
- How to pick the right people: do you go for the most skilled teammates or the ones you get on with best?
- The questions to…
61. Test Taking Mastery: 22 Tips To Maximise Your Mark
Get the companion book to today's episode: "Outsmart Your Exams" at https://geni.us/exams!
In today's episode, I'll be sharing 22 "top tips" taken from the book, including:
- How to master your mindset
…
60. Maximum Concentration: "Attention Professor" Stefan Van der Stigchel
How to concentrate on your studies?
I’m going to be talking to one of the world’s leading authorities on how to manage your attention, and focus on what really matters to you, Professor Stefan van der…
59. Pomodoro Masterclass: Ultimate Guide To This Student Favourite Technique
Boost motivation.
Sharpen focus.
Overcome procrastination.
Could all this really be possible through the Pomodoro Technique?
Join us today to go beyond the basics and discover exactly how to use this po…
58. Why Focus Is Hard & What To Do - With James Lang
Wish you could concentrate harder or for longer?
James Lang’s book Distracted took the world of education by storm: he’s here to share his top tips on overcoming distraction and maximising concentrati…
57. Got Too Much To Do? Here's What To Do
How to cope when it feels like there's just too much to get done, and too few hours in the day!
This is my two-stage prescription for study overwhelm, for getting back on top of life when you can't se…
56. Brain Chemistry of Memory, Stress & Attention
The chemistry of your brain is everything to how you think, learn and focus.
You might have heard of some of these molecules - like adrenaline, cortisol and dopamine - but how much do you know about h…
55. My Top Study Motivation Hack
Struggling to get motivated?
Need to overcome procrastination?
Today I share my favourite tactic for finding your get-up-and go.
It all starts with "why"...
For personalised help with YOUR study motivati…
54. Giles Paley-Phillips: Faltering, Failing, And Picking Yourself Up
Why it’s fine to falter and fail, and how to pick yourself up again
With smash-hit Blank podcast host & author, Giles Paley-Phillips, who knows more than most about failing and faltering, having inter…
53. Are You Working Too Hard?
Are you working too hard?
We're all about helping you study SMARTER, and not HARDER on the Exam Study Expert podcast.
But what if the key to studying SMARTER wasn't just about your study technique, but…
50. My 50 FAVOURITE Study Tips
To celebrate the 50th episode, here are 50 of my all-time FAVOURITE study tips!
It's a whistlestop tour... hold on tight!
Been enjoying the first 50 episodes?
Support the show at: https://www.patreon.co…
49. Better Grades With Interleaving & “Desirable Difficulty” - Dr Veronica Yan
What is interleaving?
Why is it so powerful for helping you learn faster and remember more?
How can you use it?
Listen in today, and all will be revealed with the help of Dr Veronica Yan.
Veronica will a…
48. Oliver Caviglioli: Visual Learning Strategies For Students
There’s no such thing as a “visual learner”.
The idea that some of us are “visual learners” and learn best through imagery is a myth, and has been widely debunked by psychologists.
(See https://examst…
47. Unleash The Power Of Spaced Learning: Dr Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel
Can you remember what you learned last week?
How about last month?
Spaced learning is an INCREDIBLY powerful strategy for getting knowledge into memory - and making it stick there.
Renowned Dr Carolina …
46. Retrieval Practice: Master This Vital Technique
The most important thing I can teach you is to use retrieval practice a lot and to use it well.
So that's what I'm doing today: sit back, we're going deeper than ever before into this critically impor…
45. Dr Yana Weinstein-Jones: 6 Strategies To Maximise Memory & Save You Time
Welcome to "Science Of Learning" season on the Exam Study Expert podcast!
Over the next few weeks, we'll be maximising YOUR memory - breaking down the exact strategies you need to learn faster and rem…
44. Imposter Syndrome & How To Beat It
Ever felt like you're not good enough? Not worthy?
Like the admissions tutors must have made a mistake?
Imposter syndrome is more common than you might have thought, especially in elite schools and uni…
43. Motivation To Study: What Really Works with Dr Erika Patall
One question I hear possibly more than any other single question is “how can I increase my motivation to study”?
Today, we're cutting through the endless advice you can find on the Internet and gettin…
42. Redirect: Change Your Story, Change Your Life with Prof. Timothy Wilson
Discover the secrets of how mastering your mindset can set you up for success with renowned mindset scholar, Professor Timothy D. Wilson.
Why does mindset matter?
How to change the stories you tell you…
41. 10 Strategies To Help You Change When Change Is Hard (Part 2)
What's on your list of things you'd like to do more of (or less of) this year?
It's one thing to fantasise about the things you'd like to do better, it's quite another to ACTUALLY DO THEM.
Change isn't…