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There are certain places that every undergraduate knows very well. These places include the campus library, the lecture classes, the restaurants, the sports facilities, the places of worship, etc. Collectively, some called it ‘The triangular Life’. In the first few feeks after the holiday hits, some students forget their academic routines because it’s easy to become lazy when there is so much rest. Do not let the holidays lay to waste. Here are some things you can do differently before you check in back to campus: Go traveling Nigeria is a big country geographically with diverse cultures. Traveling during your semester holidays provides an opportunity for you to wind off the semester stress since school activities can be very stressful for students. As such, a holiday during the semester break can do wonders. The idea of traveling during the semester break is to get away from things that stress you and live a life that doesn’t follow a routine for a while. Travelling provides a great way for students to “de-stress”. Find an internship or a part-time job Long holidays are always a good period to find an internship or a part-time job to get into society before graduation. If you have not made any plans, you may find yourself bored and start looking for other ways to best occupy your time. Planning early and looking for an internship or volunteer experience during the fall semester for winter break makes sense. You can find an internship in a course-related company to train your skills and pave the way for a future career. Continue to Study For the rest of the students who like being in the “STUDY GURU” mode, holidays are the perfect time to recharge and refocus for the new semester/session, as the perfect opportunity to get a head start on the school curriculum and revise for the upcoming exams. When classes begin, you’ll have a better idea of what the lecturer is talking about. Check-ins from holiday to semester can help you revamp your experience and get you ready for the next semester. Now that the holiday is drawing to a close, what can you proudly say you’ve been able to do?

There is no substitute for adequate revision in the educational system. As a student, if you have done your revision, there is no need to get stressed in an exam. You will find several mistakes which could have been avoided in varsity/college exams occur chiefly as a result of inadequate preparation of students. Below are common mistakes made in exams, how to avoid them, and answer the questions better. Panicking Most students panic at the placement of exams time table. It is easy to panic especially if your first reaction is that you are unprepared to take an exam. It is important to calm down, have a reading plan, study beforehand than to jump in for a last-minute study. In the end, you should be able to find that out of five, you can answer three questions accurately and make a reasonable attempt at the others. Start every exams preparation with a plan and when you have finished it, go through the same process again for all other courses. This will help you calm down. Under planning Most students fail not because they have failed to plan, but because such a plan in under planned. Under planning is when a student is focused on his general knowledge of a course and suggest possible exams questions he/she should expect in as exams without a proper guide. A proper guide in this context is in the use of past questions that can give you a clue to the kind of questions you should be expecting before the actual exams. Hence, students should thrive to procure past questions on a course because it will help a lot. Failing to Practice your answers It is admittedly much easier to practice solving past questions which include a shorter essay-type response. An essay usually needs to make an argument, and have a reasonable flow from start to finish. This requires planning and practice. Before you start writing your essay, take five to ten minutes to plan what you are going to include in each section, and how you will structure your argument, beginning with an introduction, followed by the body and conclusion. You do, however, need to be able to time yourself as per the scheduled time allowed per the exams past questions before the actual exams. The same goes for multiple choice exams. Try to be aware of the time, and the number of questions to be completed, and ensure that you have practiced enough to complete the paper within the time allowed. Before you start writing, check the number of questions, and the amount of time you have. This will tell you roughly how long you have to complete each question. Just as a basic check, read back over what you have written at the end and be sure it makes sense. If you think you need improvement, go over the same process again until you are sure you are ready to sit for the exams. Finally, if you tried these methodologies and are unable to relax due to some distractions, you can take some time out and try again later. You should never study solely amidst distractions. If you try to practice before the exams, check back and make sure that you are ready and convinced of making the exams, not in overconfidence but in a stable mind.    

In preparing for an exam, while some students do seem to thrive on the popular last-minute studies, it is widely accepted that this method is not the best way to approach any exams particularly in institutions of higher learning. As you get into higher classes, learning should be a way of life, rather than an activity that you do sometimes only. There are also instances where students become fond of wasting much time creating plans and making a schedule before studying, and when they study, they don’t bother studying too hard. Some students feel that because they made a good grade in the secondary school examinations, therefore passing the undergraduate exams wouldn’t be such a big deal. There are lots of conventional advice out there that contradict this reasoning. Unfortunately, most students are already deep in this conventional exams study methodologies that do not apply to their individual capacity. hence they experience academic stagnation as they proceed in their academic journey. Let’s discuss some of these exams preparation tips. Have a Smart Reading Plan and follow it Naturally, it makes sense to make an examination plan and stick to it. Unfortunately, when you spend too much time planning before you’ve taken any action is like reading how to ride a bicycle without having an actual bicycle to practice with. All the theory and planning will quickly go out the window once the real study begins. Therefore, worry about one day at a time consistently studying and focusing on subject outline than the entire course/subject per semester. Being Good Enough Isn’t Good Enough In the education line, you will come across some student who believes in ‘doing the minimum’. Hence they study only for a few hours. Well, doing the minimum is like just being good enough. But being good enough isn’t good enough if you are not making the desired score in your exams. Just getting a passing grade in life will not get you the opportunity to become a better student because the knowledge you will get from studying to pass an exam will become an added experience to you in your career. In fact, the rest of your career is dependent upon the knowledge you will get studying. Past Questions are not Enough Generally, students become past question centered that is exclusively the compilation of previous examination papers taken by other candidates that sat for such examination. So, if you study past question really hard, you might do really well on the actual exam. But let’s say you study only previous years questions then took the exams and discovered that the questions were changed. You will do awful, regardless of how well you’ve studied past questions. Past questions are meant to be tools to help students learn the focus, find the gaps and be informed of what they need to study. Not the actual content of the exams. Little wonder students are encouraged, in addition to mastering past questions, to read additional textbooks and related materials. Do Not be Too Confidence There are moments when previous exams experiences will help but there are times when one has to focus and concentrate on the exam by updating his/her study materials, surrounding yourself with other like-minded students, supporting each other and discussing the actual exam. Remember to work hard, and help others that aren’t as far along as you. Focus on that and you will get through the exams with flying colours.  

At the beginning of every year, it is Skyline University Nigeria’s culture to talk about some commitments, goals, and progressive actions that will guide students to achieving their set objectives. These goals are a continuation of our tradition of making resolutions and staying through with achieving them to boost our chances of having a better fulfilled year, 2023. Although 2022 turned out to be closely related to 2021. Where 2021 saw a rise in vaccination against the COVID -19 virus and the end of virtual classes mostly. In 2021 Skyline University Nigeria was ranked 8th amongst the 47 private Universities that participated in the National Universities Commission (NUC), and 16th among 113 Nigerian universities that participated in the exercise. Surprisingly, 2022 was a good year for many individuals and organizations alike. Skyline University Nigeria, apart from the accreditation of 11 Programmemes by the NUC, secured a permanent license from the Commission on 15th November 2022 to operate as a private university in Nigeria, executing qualitative university education on students to compete with their counterparts across the globe. For students, however, apart from meeting their academic goals, we also shifted our focus to support them professionally. Hence the launching of the students’ Brand Ambassador and Influencer Programmeme. Starting with three students in 2022 and having 8 more on review for the same in 2023.  So, as the New Year begins, Here are a few punch lines that will help the students improve academic performance, develop soft skills, and be career-ready as an undergraduate. Continue to Study Smarter Quizzing yourself is a highly effective study technique. Make a study guide and carry it with you so you can review the questions and answers periodically throughout the day and across several days. Identify the questions that you don’t know and quiz yourself on only those questions. Say your answers aloud and the result will be evident in your grades. Communicate Differently The world is a big network of connections. Some of them are of better quality than others, and your time on this earth is limited. Smart learners understand that they need high-quality connections — people around them who will inspire them, shake their worlds, and ask good and deep questions. We learn best when we are relaxed and have real friends and mentor around. Try new things. To be able to learn, our brain needs stimulation and then a good rest. Just look at how a small child explores the world, looks at everything with curiosity, then tries to put the pieces together and checks the taste. Later, the child “sleeps like a baby!” Smart learners possess that spark of curiosity and often try something new. Take part in some workshops or skill acquisition training and meet new people.

Four students of Skyline University Nigeria who participated in the A2S Youth Forum Event tagged Global Education for Multipolar World – Sensitivity Test for the 21st Century has made their presence felt through their contributions at the event. The students, Zaituna Shitu Mukhtar – 300 level Business AdministrationIbrahim Muntaka – 400 level Entrepreneurship Department, Aisha Abdul Aziz – 300 level Department of Economics, Rukayya Isyaka Lawan – 300 level Department of Economics all took parts in the interaction, during the evvent. The event which was organized on December 17, 2022, by the European Marketing and Management Association (EUMMAS) Youth Forum was organized online via the Zoom platform and featured interaction between students and management of various universities and was designed to address ongoing research and policy gaps around education.