Student Gateway

Time Management

Keeping on top of all your work at University can be a daunting and difficult task, especially with the demand of your personal life too. Many students find that balancing University life with personal life can be too much. How often have you said, so much to do, so little time to do it?

By effectively managing your time, it is likely that you will cope a lot better with your daily tasks. As a student you need to think about:

1. What do spend your time on?
   

   This includes the amount of time you spend at University, time spent with family and friends, time spent sleeping, eating etc. Basically, until you work out how much time you spend on all the different activities you have during the week, you won't be able to work out how many free hours you have in a week for studying etc. Click here to see how you spend a typical week. 

2. What are the areas you need to spend more time on?
   

   This relates to your goals and objectives for the duration of your course at Queen's. For example your long term objective is to graduate from  University. In order to achieve this goal you need to set your objectives. These objectives need to be SMART (e.g. Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time Based). Click on the link in the right hand side menu for more information about Goals and Objectives.

3. What are the areas you need to spend less time on?
   

   You will find that during your time at University, there are times when you have many deadlines to meet, and exams to prepare for. Regardless how well you manage your time, and plan in advance, you may find that there still aren't enough hours in the day to fit everything in. In situations like this you need to prioritise your activities. This involves distinguishing between important and urgent activities.Sacrifices may have to be made in order to complete any important tasks. Click on the link in the right hand side menu for more information on prioritising.

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Click to download Academic Calender 2013-14

 Exercise: Weekly Planner

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Click here to download the Weekly Planner

You can fill it out on the computer before printing; see details below.

To fill out the blank Planner on the computer:

- Click on the link to open the file in Google docs

- Click the 'File' tab and then 'Download'

- Open the file in Adobe

- Click on the relevant box to fill out the form

- Print it out!

NOTE: You cannot save a completed copy on your computer. if you want a copy, please fill it in and print it out!