Lunch & Learn: Study Skills: Focus, Attention and Concentration

Whether you’re finding it hard to concentrate, focus your attention, or clear your mind of distracting thoughts, this workshop will introduce you to simple study strategies to enhance the way you study.

In this session, you will:

1. Discover how to be mindful of your focus, attention, and energy levels
2. Learn what we mean by cognitive resources and how you can allocate and manage them to avoid overload
3. Gain tips to help remain motivated through active tasking and rewarding
4. Reflect on how your own learning styles compliments study strategies that mitigate boredom
5. Learn how to create a study environment that minimises distractions

In addition, the session will unpack the principles of attention including both ‘selective’ and ‘divided’ attention and how it can shift in relation to your course dynamic and learning style.