0.1 Being organised

Before we begin, I would make a strong plea to organise yourself3 and keep track of what you have done and what you need to do. This need not be very complex, but there will be a lot of (often small) practical tasks and progress depends upon completing them in the right order (and in good time). There are many options for check-list tools and you may already have evolved an effective personal process4 but now could be a good time to review how you manage such things. As input to your check-list process I will make available simple to-do lists each week as text files. You can paste them into anything from a spreadsheet, Evernote to Trello or even simply print the list!

Decide on your personal to-do / checklist system right from the start of this module. Make sure you keep up to date. Weekly checklists (as text files) can be grabbed from here


  1. Actually this is good advice for me as well!↩︎

  2. If you don’t find it too patronising, savethestudent has some good tips.↩︎