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Here are our tried and tested tips to be well prepared for exams Share HSC, trials, finals, no matter how you describe them exams have something in common – including how best to study. Get ready and use your time well with our expert and student backed advice on how to study for exams. 1. Plan a study timetable Feel assured you will cover your material in time with a realistic study…

父母望子成龍，培育子女不惜工本。一項調查發現，由小學至大學本科階段，香港家長用於子女教育的總開支，包括學費、教育書籍、交通及住宿等費用達13.2萬美元(逾100萬港元)，是15個受訪國家或地區中最高，排第二、第三的分別是阿聯酋及新加坡，教育總開支分別是77.6萬港元及55.3萬港元。儘管已為子女作出龐大支出及諸多犧牲，但仍有64%香港家長擔心自己未為子女做到最好，比率高於全球。 滙豐銀行「教育的價值」研究系列早前訪問15個國家和地區逾8400名家長，調查發現，全球家長用於子女教育的平均開支約為4.42萬美元(約37.4萬港元)，香港家長的教育開支是全球之冠。為了讓子女贏在起跑線，未來有更好的開始，香港家長均願意付出額外努力，88%受訪香港家長表示現正或曾經支付私人補習費，在全部15個受訪市場中排第三。…

Research indicates there are two main factors in memory storage – that is, we learn best through emotional and/or repetitious learning. As put by neural and systems complexity specialist Dr Fiona Kerr, “the activity of our brains could be likened to the ocean – memories are below the surface and conscious activities above” (ABC News). Whilst we’ve looked closely at useful Study Apps, effective…

Education may be the passport to the future, but for all the good teaching out there, it would seem that schools are failing to impart some of the most important life skills, according to one educational expert. Dr. Tony Wagner, co-director of Harvard’s Change Leadership Group, argues that today’s school children are facing a “global achievement gap”, which is the gap between what even the best…

Tips for International Students: The Best Ways To Save Money On Food And Groceries

Here’s six ways to make your money go further. 1. Go to the cheapest supermarket The two major supermarket chains, Coles and Woolworths are certainly not the cheapest. A 2015 study from CHOICE.com found that the cheapest supermarket was Aldi’s, followed by Coles and then Woolworths and then by IGA. If you don’t know where your nearest Aldis is, find out here. You should also be visiting your…

放假去旅行，近年已成為港人「指定動作」。但有家長發現，出國原來已難「滿足」子女，有小學男生明言羨慕同學可去日、韓及法國，要求母親照辦。社工指，學童互相攀比情況普遍，促家長將教育重點放在經歷，而非物質多寡。 小學生出國「有要求」？有家長在討論區指，早前帶着讀小學的兒子首度出國，一家到台灣旅遊，豈料兒子未感滿足，更明言想去日本、韓國或法國「補數」，令她大為氣結。帖文指︰「之前帶囝囝第一次飛台灣，他本身好開心，但返學校派手信後，回來跟我說羨慕同學去過日本、韓國同法國；我即教他大個搵到錢想去邊都得。」 旅行重點 應為增廣見聞 不少網民認同中小學生攀比情況嚴重，有人指讀中學的女兒曾「求媽咪不要不上班，否則自己無得去旅行」；亦有網民指，兒子的同學曾因無得去旅行而大發脾氣，最後家人要「碌卡分期付款」滿足其要求。有網民則指兒子曾抱怨，「點解同學仔有生日會，他卻沒有」。…

香港人追求實際、穩定，不少人眼中的大學「神科」只限於醫學、法學、商科等傳統高收入學科。 在英國，十大收入最高的學科，醫學並沒有上榜，反而香港人眼中「無錢途」的電腦學科佔4位。 香港大學生話題多多，既有學生以社會實驗探討「神科」現象，港大又以畢業生人數少為理由，計劃取消天文學及「物理/數學」作為主修課程，引起不少名人及學生，討論學生選科的準則及目標。其實不單香港，在英國，學生和家長一樣關心大學生「出路」，而根據英國《泰晤士報》及《星期日泰晤士報》大學排行榜2017，畢業生離校6個月後年薪最高的前三名學科，依排名為倫敦帝國學院地理系、倫敦經濟學院法律系及倫敦帝國學院計算機科學系，年薪分別是73,267英鎊、68,933英鎊及67,810英鎊。首十位中計算機科學系佔四席，商科佔三席，醫學則未能打入十大，結果與香港截然不同。…

文章分享: Tips For Curing Homesickness

This article was written by our Managing Director, James Martin, based on his own experiences studying overseas. I did my student exchange in Bordeaux, France. It was, by far, the best experience of my life, and was one of the main inspirations for starting Insider Guides. However, I did get a bit homesick. Luckily, I had some friends around me who encouraged me to change the lens in which I…