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<\/p>\nArgh! Worried what the hell you\u2019re going to do with that first university assignment deadline coming up?<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t worry we\u2019ve all been there!<\/p>\n
You may feel like the move to university and independent study has ripped that safety net of sixth form teacher or college tutor away from you but don\u2019t fret about it, everyone\u2019s in the same boat and is having the same concerns.<\/p>\n
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Don\u2019t keep putting it off, get started at your earliest opportunity. Try to avoid getting into the trap of leaving assignments until the last minute, as that\u2019ll make things worse. By getting it done out of the way, you can revisit it with a fresh pair of eyes before submitting the assignment and you\u2019ll have more time to chill out before the next one lands on your desk.<\/p>\n
If you have no idea of where to start or are simply stuck on a few bits…<\/p>\n
Your university lecturer gave you their contact details for a reason, so use them, talk to them, email them, or even phone them during office hours, and talk through it. Lecturers are passionate and want to talk about their subject and pass their knowledge onto you, they also want you to get the best pass mark possible, they\u2019re there to help and support you.<\/p>\n
Remember you\u2019re paying to be at university, and the support from your lecturers is why you pay the \u00a39k+ a year.<\/p>\n
You\u2019re never alone in university, talk<\/strong> through the assignment with your course mates. Set up a WhatsApp group and ask questions or share ideas or good articles you may have found, we can almost guarantee that someone is thinking or wondering exactly the same as you about the assignment \u2013 there\u2019s no such thing as a stupid question.<\/p>\n And who knows what someone else may have thought of? But when you bring that element into your assignment, with some proper individual research, that one thought on the WhatsApp group could take your 2:2 equivalent grade to a 2:1 or even a first.<\/p>\n Create a study group<\/strong>. It\u00a0doesn\u2019t have to be anything formal. Just grab a few course mates and go through the assignment. Brainstorm it over a coffee, a drink in the SU. Or if a few of you live in the same student accommodation<\/a> get together over a curry and work it all out before going off and completing your own assignment.<\/p>\n Just remember that unless it\u2019s a group project. Never work together on actually writing the assignment as that could be found to be academic cheating and that just opens a whole new can of worms for you.<\/p>\n And be persistent<\/strong>, break the assignment down. 9 times out of 10 the assignment question will be made up of a number of elements. Take each individual element and work on it. Then bring it all together at the end.<\/p>\n Here are a few ways to get rid of writer\u2019s block.<\/p>\n How do you work your way through an assignment? Let us know on our socials, Instagram<\/a>, Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Worried what you\u2019re going to do with that first assignment deadline coming up?![\"organising](\"https:\/\/host-students.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-3.jpg\")
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\nDon\u2019t worry we\u2019ve all been there and have some ideas to help you out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":2403,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,56],"subject":[67],"location-tax":[],"class_list":["post-2396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-students","category-university-students","subject-student-tips"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n