Conquer Study Stress!

Are you finding student life stressful? Does the pressure get you down sometimes? Do other people seem to be coping much better than you? Could you use some friendly advice?

This book will help you by showing how to beat twenty of the most common causes of student stress. It describes the symptom, gives a diagnosis and offers tried and tested remedies. It covers such features of student life as:

• The culture shock facing new students
• Reading and note-taking and monster reading lists
• Writing under pressure
• Finding a dissertation subject and reviewing the literature
• The lack of constructive feedback
• The plagiarism police
• Pressure on your time
• Counselling services
• Exams

Dr Peter Levin is an educational developer at LSE. One of his roles is that of ‘teamwork tutor’ for students working on group projects. Prior to taking up his present position he lectured in social policy at LSE. He is author of Making Social Policy (Open University Press, 1997).