{"id":5947,"date":"2020-11-16T15:14:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=5947"},"modified":"2020-11-16T15:14:35","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T15:14:35","slug":"student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Student experience: Top tips for planning your next assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Law School student Ayesha Shergill, who runs her own legal blog on Instagram <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mylawstudentlife\/\">@mylawstudentlife<\/a>, called upon fellow final-year students to share their top tips for planning assignments.<\/p>\n<p>Her friends, all of whom are studying law at Kent, each provided one key piece of advice. Ayesha said: &#8216;The advice is amazing and relevant to everyone &#8211; not just first year students! I myself have taken some great tips from here and will be using them for my assignments from now!&#8217;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eilisha:<\/strong> &#8216;Start your assignments early and plan!! Writing up even a vague plan of what you intend to write is going to give your essay a much clearer structure and make it easier to read.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shannon<\/strong>: &#8216;Set yourself deadlines to reach a certain word count, such as &#8220;must write 700 words today&#8221; or &#8220;must have the plan and 500 words done by next Monday&#8221;. This is really good for ensuring you have enough time and aren&#8217;t overwhelmed!&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nikita<\/strong>: &#8216;Proofread and reference as you go along! Referencing is so much harder if you leave it to the last minute. Always make sure yourself or someone else proofreads your work &#8211; you&#8217;ll be surprised at how many little mistakes you can make along the way!&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emily<\/strong>: &#8216;Make use of office hours and talk with your seminar leaders. Whether you&#8217;re stuck, unsure, or just need some reassurance, they are always interested to hear your ideas and offer guidance!&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frankie:<\/strong>&#8216;Colour-coordinating your points\/arguments helps make sure you&#8217;re being concise and critical, and not overloading with too much information. Choosing your question early also helps. Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/kls-skills-hub\/\">Skills Hub<\/a> or any services available at your uni for support.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olivia:<\/strong> &#8216;Print out your essays and mark them in a red pen like a teacher. It makes you see your work from a different perspective and often enables you to find any obvious mistakes you may miss on a screen.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mariam<\/strong>: &#8216;Choose what you want to focus your essay on as soon as you can, if you get a choice of questions, to allow you maximum time to focus on that specific topic before the deadline. It will really help you when planning ahead.&#8217;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hena<\/strong>: &#8216;Always make sure you plan and make contact with your seminar leader to ensure you&#8217;re getting as much guidance as you can. Writing an assignment is a process so it&#8217;s better to face any issues early on. It can really make a difference to your mark.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>See Ayesha&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CHpsw4VJh4V\/\">original post<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about studying Law at Kent: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/law\/undergraduate\">explore the choice of undergraduate law degree programmes<\/a> on offer and <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/category\/student-experience\/\">discover more student experience stories<\/a> on our blog.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment\/&amp;t=Student experience: Top tips for planning your next assignment' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Student experience: Top tips for planning your next assignment%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment\/&amp;title=Student experience: Top tips for planning your next assignment' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment\/&amp;title=Student experience: Top tips for planning your next assignment' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kent Law School student Ayesha Shergill, who runs her own legal blog on Instagram @mylawstudentlife, called upon fellow final-year students to share their top tips &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/student-experience-top-tips-for-planning-your-next-assignment\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38005,"featured_media":5948,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124,28766],"tags":[11645,220122],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38005"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5947"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5952,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5947\/revisions\/5952"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}