CLEVELAND — At colleges and universities across Northeast Ohio this is the grind time at the end of the semester. With term papers due and exams coming up back to back-to-back, the pressure is on for every student to perform.
For generations, coffee shops have always been popular. But today thousands of college students have found [...]
More and more students are taking ‘smart pills’ to help boost their results in exams — but are they safe, asks Tariq Tahir in ‘The Times Online’.
Gemma is a recent Oxford University graduate. As a student of experimental psychology, she wrote three essays a week, in addition to spending 40 hours in lectures and labs. [...]
LYING rigid on the dancefloor, Louise Downham couldn’t move a muscle. Out clubbing with her mates, she had suddenly crumpled to the ground – unable to get back up.
“I was conscious, but I couldn’t move,” remembers the mum-of-three. “The one bonus was that the entire Cambridge United squad were in there, back in the days [...]
One in ten Cambridge University students have admitted to taking drugs to help them study.
A survey conducted by Varsity revealed that students have been using non-prescription drugs to improve their concentration and alertness.
A third-year student who started using a concentration-enhancing drug several weeks ago said: “Modafinil has undoubtedly aided my concentration.”
Since then she has been [...]