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All The Work You Shouldn't Do
- Author
- Ruby Cline
- Narrator
- Ruby Cline
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 21 August 2025
- Run Time
- 4 hours 28 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'You’ll do a lot of work at uni and get very little out of it.' There’s no limit to the amount of hours you could spend honing and perfecting an essay or revising for an exam. Academic work could eat up all of your time at university – how do you know when you’ve done enough? I did my degree differently. I deprioritised and reprioritised. I planned and plotted. I put my life before my books. I tried and tested every method I could for efficient reading, writing and studying. And I’m here to help you do the same.
In All the Work You Shouldn’t Do you’ll learn how to get the most from your degree and make time for the things you want to pursue without letting stress take over. We’ll cover:
-Working out your goals and priorities
-How to focus your efforts on the things that really matter
-Planning your work
-Reading and writing more efficiently
-The importance of looking after your body and brain
This book gives you the advice I wish I had known when I was starting uni.
Critics Review
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A great asset for students who are navigating the complex world of university. All first-years should have a copy.
Robin Waldun, Writer, YouTuber and Educator
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'From study hacks to surviving break ups, this book is packed with good ideas for how to navigate your way through university. The material on how to avoid unnecessary work is useful for the whole of life.’
Dorothy Byrne, President of Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
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‘Helpful and straight-talking; I wish I’d had this book as a student.’
Gavin Stevenson, Director of Student Development at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge
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Details
- Author
- Ruby Cline
- Narrator
- Ruby Cline
- Duration
- 4 hours 28 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 August 2025
- ISBN
- 9781350562233
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Study and learning skills: general
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents All The Work You Shouldn't Do: How to Succeed at University, written and read by Ruby Cline'You’ll do a lot of work at uni and get very little out of it.' There’s no limit to the amount of hours you could spend honing and perfecting an essay or revising for an exam. Academic work could eat up all of your time at university – how do you know when you’ve done enough? I did my degree differently. I deprioritised and reprioritised. I planned and plotted. I put my life before my books. I tried and tested every method I could for efficient reading, writing and studying. And I’m here to help you do the same.In All the Work You Shouldn’t Do you’ll learn how to get the most from your degree and make time for the things you want to pursue without letting stress take over. We’ll cover:-Working out your goals and priorities-How to focus your efforts on the things that really matter-Planning your work-Reading and writing more efficiently-The importance of looking after your body and brainThis book gives you the advice I wish I had known when I was starting uni.
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