University Study is Easy: Study Hints & Hacks to TRANSFORM your studies!

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A podcast by Dr Mils Hills with interesting guests discussing the benefits of higher education for military personnel & veterans (and others!), topical and enduring current affairs and ways of executing the doctrine of #StudySmarterNotHarder from me: #TheAcademicPirate And sometimes I’ll just extem…

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    The first anthropologist in government and business ….

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2021 16:54


    Hear more about Mils and his background as the first anthropologist to work for the UK government and business.

    Webinar on STRM042 and STRM044

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 73:55


    Today’s episode features Q&A and helpful hints!

    Recording of the Minerva / UoN induction of the 15th September

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 116:58


    Audio recording of the induction.

    ‘Only Connect’: the importance of having a core of focus in an academic assignment

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 7:51


    Drawing on a key term of EM Forster’s work as a novelist, I explore why it is that having a ‘kebab skewer’ of focus to an academic assignment is so important. Relating back to the essay question and forward to the conclusion is vital to do.

    President Trump endorses me and the MBA Pathway. And has lots of other advice.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 4:40


    In a remarkable coup, President Trump has endorsed me, the MBA Pathway and taken minutes out of his busy Executive Time to impart selected wisdom from ‘The Art of the Deal’. Truly amazing and whatever you think of him - well worth a listen. With thanks to the inimitable J-L Cauvin for making this possible. Follow him at: @jlcauvin on Twitter

    Masoud and Mils discuss .... structural racism and why companies can be better than states.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 16:08


    In this episode, recorded for Adrian Pryce’s radio show on Northampton Live, Masoud and Mils are remarkably positive about the news!

    MBA study as a nice break during a military career!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 6:50


    My good chum Dave provides this unsolicited rumination on how - even in a busy military post - academic study can complement your enjoyment of life. But beware, academic study can be addictive (especially when I’m involved!).

    The Fifth Quarter: Academics Not Fit For Human Consumption

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2020 13:26


    In this episode, I explore why most academic work is not STEAK - but rather animal chunks that are not fit for human consumption or at most of limited nutritional value and appeal.

    The purpose of academic assignments: a snapshot of your abilities.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 11:22


    A short-ish exploration of my thoughts on the purpose of academic assignments and how this can help unlock study as easier than feared. A showcase of your ability - perhaps guided by my free template? Www.TheAcademicPirate.com/trap

    ME Study Skills Induction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 143:30


    Podcast version of study skills induction from 16 June 2020.

    The British Bodyguard Association, Minerva Elite, the University of Northampton, The Academic Pirate

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 86:32


    The first webinar with the British Bodyguard Association - to whom Minerva Elite and the University of Northampton through The Academic Pirate are the Academic partners! Good discussion, strong questions and positive messaging around higher education being accessible and worthwhile!

    Action Research - a really good and easy methodology to use for dissertations

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2020 9:55


    A definition and hints and tips on application!

    +The Power Hour+ - an MBA in 1 hour a day for 5 days a week over 2 years!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2020 8:10


    Yes, it’s true! No first degree needed to begin a pathway to an MBA that only needs 5 hours of brainpower a week - including listening to podcasts, quick note-taking etc.! An hour a day keeps boredom away. Fit study around your life.

    A New and Easy Format for Dissertation Planning

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 16:36


    If you are thinking about your STRM044 or other dissertation / ‘research project’ - I think this episode will be of huge value to you!

    Demystifying Quantitative Research with Dr Kat and The Idiot (Dr Mils)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2020 60:15


    In this episode, Dr Kat Kils explains very patiently to Mils (The Idiot) all about quantitative research and how to make it the centrepiece of a very fine dissertation!

    Why an MBA is a great choice to avoid career pigeonholing

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2020 78:03


    Recording of online webinar from the 8 May 2020 on the value of an MBA for all - avoid being pigeonholed in your career development. And enjoy the process!

    career mba recording pigeonholing
    Qualitative or quantitative: which is best? Yes.

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 12:40


    A short series of thoughts on Qual v quant methodologies - hope this helps prepare your approach to the dissertation!

    Creating the mood, bringing the motivation

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2020 11:21


    Emerging ideas around how I believe creating the mood before and during your academic study session can make you way more effective than you perhaps even believe!

    Why the idea of the “showcase” is so useful in planning an assignment

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2020 6:34


    Talking about and around my pal Mansour’s reminder to me of how useful the term ‘showcase’ is in thinking what an academic assignment is for!

    Higher education and the uniformed services

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2020 44:16


    Recording of a super webinar from today between University of Northampton and Minerva Elite! Music by the incredibly talented Keybeaux.

    Highlights of recent webinar on ELCs / funding for higher education

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2020 25:09


    Awesome descriptions of processes, funding streams and opportunities! Featuring Minerva Elite MD Guy Batchelor, Head of Student Performance and Uni of Northampton Associate Lecturer Dr Kat Kils AND me. Along with Graham - a great questioner and mentor to those leaving the UK armed forces. Intro music by the insanely talented Keybeaux from the USA!

    Enhanced Learning Credits - overview and Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2020 76:44


    Full recording of today’s webinar on all aspects of ELCs and how to make the best use of them.

    Analogical reasoning - an innovative approach to adding value

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 12:13


    A rumination on how we can unlock competitive advantage from tapping into analogies and using them well!

    The best bits of a recent webinar on higher education, resettlement, universities, ELCs, etc.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 8:34


    Highlights from a recent webinar featuring Guy and Kat from Minerva / Northampton University and Mils. Everything to do with maximising the value of Enhanced Learning Credits, resettlement, learning, assignments, time management and so on! Enjoy!

    Rapid recovery of STRM042 essay

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 6:44


    If you forgot to hand in this at the first opportunity, here’s the skinny on getting it done for the re-sit date. Yes, Dave, that means you!

    Disruption, differentiation & surprise: to win visibility, impact & income

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2020 33:21


    Podcast version of a seminar given online to the Faculty of Business & Law (and friends) on the 1st of April 2020.

    Academic confidence - the priceless value of gaining a degree

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2020 13:51


    In today’s spirited episode I discuss the immense value of acquiring academic confidence (or even arrogance).

    Amazing consultancy career opportunities - Adam Wellesley Wood MBA has an offer for YOU!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2020 12:40


    The ‘sweet spot’ of a defence background PLUS an MBA means you could access a phenomenal consulting career as your post-transition opportunity. In this short discussion, Adam expands on his experience and reveals that an MBA from the University of Northampton put him at an advantage in getting a job and being better qualified than an INSEAD graduate (global top 5 business school!). Adam is happy to advise and support any folk in transition .....

    Post-corona, not all genies will go back into bottles

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 6:02


    Reflections on - when we know how bad the coronavirus’ impact has been - some genies won’t go back into workplace bottles. But first, we need to survive the next few months.

    Lockdown Learning - a day in the life of an academic under viral siege!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2020 6:56


    A swift insight into a day in my life as it is at the moment with even more learner support being conducted online and on the phone.

    Reflections on another’s road rage

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2020 6:54


    Poor decision-making threatens an individual with going from a moment or day of crisis to a world of pain. Some fresh thoughts from me .....

    Organisational culture and why Classic Consulting approaches are crap.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 15:24


    In this episode, I reflect breathlessly on the perils of organisations investing in simplistic cultural values assessments undertaken by non-social scientists. Further - organisations, their boards and leaders should be harshly judged for buying-into this nonsense. And I have some positive suggestions as well!

    The Power of YES - yes you should do an MBA!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2019 5:33


    Some thoughts for me on why the answer to almost every question potential learners ask me EVERY week about the MBA pathway is YES. Except for the one about the cost: ‘is there a catch?’ The answer to that is 100% NO!

    Dare I say there’s a new and easy way to do academic learning? Yes!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2019 4:54


    In this brief episode recorded ‘on location’, I ruminate on a way of thinking about academic assignments that could make them super easy!

    STRM042 - Critical Issues in Business Literature Review

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 15:17


    A brisk talk-through of this assignment and ways of addressing it in a pragmatic and efficient manner!

    All my hints and tips are FREE

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 1:06


    There’s no catch - I just want to make your academic study more efficient, enjoyable and practical. Follow me here or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/user/drmilshills

    Strong Chat for Strong People: Forces Leaver Duncan of Cannonball Coffee on business, MBA study...

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 37:51


    In this episode, my pal Duncan Grocock discusses learning points from transitioning from his army career, MBA study benefits and key lessons from having established Cannonball Coffee. Loads of good hints and tips here! ++ apologies for the occasional signal drop-outs and rough edits. We had a few annoying technical issues! ++ Follow Cannonball Coffee at: https://instagram.com/cannonballcoffeecompany?igshid=gx0862zvzs8y

    Amazing career opportunities for defence folk with MBAs at Amazon (Pathways programme)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019 24:59


    In this episode, I am in conversation with the wonderful Gemma Jones (Senior Military Recruiter for the EU) to discuss the opportunities for MBA graduates with a defence background, why Amazon LOVES recruiting veterans and some hints and tips on the transition to civilian careers. Also some important signposts on how best to engage with Gemma, prepare for interviews and so on .....

    Content vultures & up-cyclers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2019 10:00


    An episode where I reveal that I have detected where and how some of the great geniuses of YouTube and Podcasts get their content from. This is their business model ..... I knew it would be and today I proved it.

    A ‘normal’ day in the life of an academic ...

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 5:46


    Brief insight into a somewhat typical day in my life!

    All about .... plagiarism!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 6:00


    Have no fear, I’m here to explain why you don’t need to worry about plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Easily avoided and easily detected. Here’s less than six minutes on a cure for it!!!

    Academics need to be hungry for clients

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 4:49


    Ruminations on the competitive advantage of academics being hungry to engage with potential learners. We have no choice but to be wonderful, as Lt Col Jim Channon (USMC) put it so well.

    Universities, businesses & charities need to champion user experience, value add & content creation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2019 6:36


    Musings on why User Experience (UX) and other ways of doing value-add engineering need to capture attention, build loyalty, disrupt, maintain competitive advantage through a challenger ethos.

    We need a proper qualification in climate change ....

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2019 3:51


    A rant inspired by Twitter and observation in a Lidl car park about the need for a qualification in climate change and critical thinking, science communication, optimism, systems theory, engineering, conflict and humanitarian studies and so on!

    It’s REALLY difficult to FAIL a Masters Level Assignment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2019 2:31


    Execution, structure, signposting, quotes, referencing - but mainly: ANSWER THE QUESTION!!

    Why anthropologists are valuable to the private and public sectors

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 6:22


    A short explanation of the form of anthropology that I practice and the value brought by me and others to a range of organisations!

    It’s Attention Warfare, Stupid! Beyond Information Manoeuvre

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2019 7:01


    Here I explore why Information Manoeuvre / Warfare / PsyOps should instead be about ATTENTION and competing to capture and maintain it. I also say “Information, schminformation”.

    How to write an academic assignment

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 6:02


    Hints and tips on planning and executing an academic assignment - verbal or written.

    Academic authors and sources: some are awesome, some are awful

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 4:34


    Demystifying academic authors and how you can always find quality sources to add value to your assignments!

    Taking the fear and loathing out of distance learning

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 4:48


    Distance learning is efficient, effective and not so different to face to face learning!

    Academic referencing - explained and demonstrated in less than 3 1/2 minutes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 3:15


    One of the things that REALLY puts people off of academic study is referencing. I rapidly reveal that referencing is actually super simple!

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