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Ashleigh Johns (PhD student)
Read&Write has been an excellent addition to my studies. It offers more than 18 study support features, all on a customizable floating toolbar. One of my favorites is the highlighter feature. I use it while reading course material to mark important points. At the click of a button, R&W can pull out the highlighted text portions and paste them into a Word document within a few seconds. I find this feature very helpful when there’s a lot I’d like to note down from an article, textbook, or other documents that I am reading. I also find the dictionary tool quite handy. It helps me check out the meaning of new or complex words. And if I want to rest my eyes, I can have R&W read aloud the text on my screen.
R&W has a translator tool too that can be very useful to international students.
The Assistive Technology Team runs fantastic training sessions to help students access the benefits of Read&Write and other such learning support applications.
I highly recommend R&W as an excellent learning support application.
Go ahead and enroll in an information session right now! You will be amazed to see what you can achieve with R&W!
We’ve all been there. An essay that didn’t live up to expectations, a relationship that ended, a job interview that didn’t go as planned, or a promise we couldn’t keep. Even with our best efforts, sometimes failure just happens.
If you found you didn’t get the exam results you wanted, here are three strategies to help turn things around:
Deal with the feels
Evaluate the situation
Make a plan of action
In short, remember that failure can be a stepping stone to success when it’s used well. Be kind to yourself, learn from your experiences, and do the things that help move yourself closer towards your goals.
If you would like to read more on the topic of fear of failure, check out the Wellbeing Support Page.
And as always, if you would like to talk to someone about this topic or anything else contact the teams below:
Wishing you all the best on your journey, UC Wellbeing team