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At the beginning of each academic session, I typically devote a class or two to share my tips on time management and personal productivity with newly admitted students at the Central University of Punjab. I believe this is a crucial first step for students, as the curriculum hardly contains any information on either. I also notice that an article on this important theme is altogether non-existent. In this write-up, some of the most important methods of time management and personal productivity are thoroughly reviewed before concluding with a few pedagogical suggestions for teachers to ensure that their students manage time efficiently and be more productive with their studies and research.
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Felix Bast holds a PhD in molecular phylogenetics from MEXT, Japan and works as Assistant Professor at the Central University of Punjab. He is a regular writer for Indian popular science magazines including Resonance and Science Reporter and has published many popular science books. His latest fiction for young adults, ‘The Arctic Circle’ presents unabridged techniques for students for time management and personal productivity, and is available via Amazon.in. Some of those methods are reviewed in this write-up.
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Bast, F. Crux of time management for students. Reson 21, 71–88 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-016-0296-6
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