there goes half your essays. the markers are lazy and depressed people being in a room for days on end. if they're not used to be being in a jail cell they'll read up to the end of the booklet and see that there's no tick and then skip to the next essay straight away
edit: remember they're...
wow i doubt the motivation speakers can speak for a solid hour.
but the study skills lectures are not worth the time. the subject lectures are worth it if you have money to spare, its basically a decent teacher going through the basics of a few topics like your school teacher would (which is...