Most Useful Templates and Trackers I Use as a Student
Saving time and streamlining tasks is a great step towards managing your time better. A huge time saver for me has been a few...
Category: Academics
My Not-so-Glamorous Study Essentials
Since studytube, studygram, studytok, and other communities have popped up on the internet, many students have turned to these communities to feel inspired to...
5 Tips for Organizing Your Digital Life
Do you dread trying to find where you saved that file to? Do your file names offer no suggestion as to what they contain?...
2 Study Hacks I Tried Last Fall
New (school) year, new me. I’m not sure about you, but a new school year means more stationery, long lines at the bookstore and...
Co-op Student Feature: Chantaille Ash
Have you ever considered joining the co-op program at UVic to gain work experience? Today’s post highlights Chantaille Ash, a UVic student who was...
Pre-Lab to Report: What Does A Third-Year BCMB Lab Look Like?
For this post, I am going to take you with me through a lab (minus the actual lab experience and the studying associated with...
Technology Tutorials for Students
Technology is constantly evolving, and the way we work online as students changes along with it. If you find yourself curious about any of...
Time Management Made Simple
No one is born with flawless time management skills. Developing them is a process that doesn’t happen overnight, and tends to require a lot...
Virtual Reality Tours for Students
Have you always wanted to try Virtual Reality? As a UVic student, you’re in luck! Instead of paying money at the mall just to...
What’s In My Backpack – Science Student Edition!
As far as what team I’m on for bags I use for university, I am team backpack without a doubt. As a science student,...
Getting Started on Creating an ePortfolio
1. Explore Go out and stalk explore other students’ websites for inspiration. You can either Google keywords or use GitHub to find other students’...
My UVIC Exchange Process Experience
This September I’ll be studying at University of East Anglia in the UK! In 2022-2023 I’ll be taking my third year studying at UVIC...
My JCURA Experience
If you’re like me just over a year ago, you have no idea what a Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award (JCURA) is. That’s okay!...
Why do an Exchange? 5 Reasons
Why go on exchange? It’s the question that I asked myself many times before leaving for The Netherlands this spring. Why travel halfway across...
What is Comedy Art?
Do you know about comedy art? Well get knowing, because it has a very important part in society. I found that my best art...
A thesis in 3 minutes?
Guest post by Kim Dias A thesis takes years of work. For master’s students, it’s at least two years; for PhDs, it’s usually five...
The intersection of art and science
It is sometime before six am. The pre-dawn sky is pearly grey. My dog snores with deep rumbling breaths; I think this has awoken...
Fin: UVic Top 5 Life Advice
In less than two months, I’ll be finishing up my undergraduate degree at UVic and moving on to my next chapter in life. That...
My Personal Productivity Tips and How I (sometimes) Get Things Done
Avoiding procrastination and being realistic about how productive I can actually be is something that I struggle with, but after just over 2 and...
Secret Study Spots at UVic
While UVic has a TON of great study spots, an issue I encounter from time-to-time is finding an empty table to work at during...