Paul Penn

Senior Lecturer in Psychology , University of East London

Paul Penn is a senior lecturer in psychology at the University of East London. He is the author of The Psychology of Effective Studying: How to Succeed in Your Degree (2019) and the winner of the 2021 UK Higher Education Psychology Teacher of the Year award.

Written by Paul Penn

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How to study effectively

Forget cramming, ditch the highlighter, and stop passively rereading. The psychology of learning offers better tactics

by Paul Penn