The Second Revised and Expanded edition of Going to University: the Secrets of Success has begun to sell. UCAS still approves of it (thanks guys!) and has taken copies to sell via its own web site and catalogue.
Details: published by Kewei Press, UK, August 2009, £9.95, paperback, ISBN 978-0-9561823-1-9
The book can be ordered in any bookshop or bought online from Amazon, Blackwell's, Foyles and WH Smith, amongst others. However, if bought direct from the publisher at www.keweipress.com you get free postage in the UK, an author-signed copy of the boo, and a bonus CD containing 19 articles.
These bonus articles include the following:
A. GENERAL STUDY-RELATED ARTICLES:
1. “10 Top Tips for Revising for Exams”
2. “163 Tips for Improving Your Marks in Examinations”
3. “How to Increase Your Motivation and Tackle Procrastination: A Practical Guide for Students”
4. “Mature Students - University Certainly Is For You”
5. “Tips for Doing Research Especially for Graduate Students”
6. “The Words Used in An Exam Question Can Help You to Improve Your Marks”
B. ECONOMICS-RELATED ARTICLES:
1. “A Summary of the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Price Mechanism.”
2. “An Introduction to Economics in 5,000 Words.”
3. “Economic Growth and Economic Development.”
4. “Some Advice for Tackling Data Response Questions.”
5. “The Basic Diagrams You Must Be Able To Draw.”
6. “Trying to Make Sense of Economic Policy 1: What Do Governments Try to Do?”
7. “Trying to Make Sense of Economic Policy 2: Why Is It So Difficult to get it Right?”
8. “Economic Development”
9. “Demand, Supply and Elasticity Diagrams”
10. “Business Cycles, Recessions and Economic Booms”
11. An Introduction to Economics (the complete free book on disc)
C. OTHER USEFUL BITS AND PIECES:
1. “China in Brief” (if not interested now, maybe later - and it’s free)
2. “The Most Important Elements in Japanese Culture” (ditto)