Managing Your Time Materials developed by the Learner Development Unit at the University of Bradford Learner Development Unit www.brad.ac.uk/developme

What You Will Learn: To identify barriers to effective time management . How important planning is. To use different strategies for ensuring your time is used well.

To identify barriers to effective time management .

How important planning is.

To use different strategies for ensuring your time is used well.

The plan… Effective Time Management Barriers to Being Effective Assessing your Time & Making Decisions The Art of Prioritisation Taking the Plunge: Practise!

Effective Time Management

Barriers to Being Effective

Assessing your Time & Making Decisions

The Art of Prioritisation

Taking the Plunge: Practise!

1. Effective time management What does time management mean to you? Thi.P.S. Activity:

What does time management mean to you?

Thi.P.S.

1. Effective time management Making deadlines Prioritising activities Being organised Planning Being realistic Efficiency Being in control Dealing with issues, not hiding them Having time to do everything you want to

Making deadlines

Prioritising activities

Being organised

Planning

Being realistic

Efficiency

Being in control

Dealing with issues, not hiding them

Having time to do everything you want to

2. Barriers to Being Effective List your barriers to being effective. How would you deal with these? Activity:

List your barriers to being effective.

How would you deal with these?

2. Possible Barriers… Lack of time Friends Interruptions e-mail internet telephones Lectures study time work Sleep Illness Lack of a fixed routine Being distracted Not being organised Being in a panic Disinterested in what needs to be done SELF-SABOTAGE

Lack of time

Friends

Interruptions

e-mail

internet

telephones

Lectures

study time

work

Sleep

Illness

Lack of a fixed routine

Being distracted

Not being organised

Being in a panic

Disinterested in what needs to be done

SELF-SABOTAGE

3. Personal Time Assessment How did you score? where are your strengths? where are your weaknesses? Activity:

How did you score?

where are your strengths?

where are your weaknesses?

3. Changing Your Time Habits Think about what you want to change. Identify how you will achieve this. How will you feel when you are successful?

Think about what you want to change.

Identify how you will achieve this.

How will you feel when you are successful?

4. The Art of Prioritisation High Importance Do it now Plan to do it well Low Importance Resist making this high priority Don’t succumb! High Urgency Low Urgency

4. Breaking Tasks Down The Pizza Principle

The Pizza Principle

5.Taking the plunge. Practise! Identify where there are problems. Decide how to overcome these problems. Implement strategies. Review and evaluate effectiveness.

Identify where there are problems.

Decide how to overcome these problems.

Implement strategies.

Review and evaluate effectiveness.

Activity Now you need to try it out. Compulsories Necessaries Protected Time Options Priority Rating on task lists 5. Practise!!

Now you need to try it out.

Compulsories

Necessaries

Protected Time

Options

Priority Rating on task lists

Thoughts to Take Away Set the right environment Get the timing right Stay focused Avoid postponing important tasks Avoid interruptions Identify urgent and important tasks Prioritise maintenance and progress tasks Compile a REALISTIC to-do list Review how you are doing

Set the right environment

Get the timing right

Stay focused

Avoid postponing important tasks

Avoid interruptions

Identify urgent and important tasks

Prioritise maintenance and progress tasks

Compile a REALISTIC to-do list

Review how you are doing

What next? Check out our website for more learning materials: www.brad.ac.uk/developme Come along to another workshop: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/lssworkshops/ Contact us for 1-2-1 advice and support: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/learnerdevelopment

Check out our website for more learning materials: www.brad.ac.uk/developme

Come along to another workshop: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/lssworkshops/

Contact us for 1-2-1 advice and support: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/learnerdevelopment