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Figure 7 is a table entitled 'My goal: A degree within four years'. Below the title is a two-by-two grid as follows.

The top left box is labelled 'What?'. It contains two items: 'Need to do 60 points per year' and 'Allocate realistic time for study, i.e. 12 hours per week'.

The top right box is labelled 'How?'. It contains three items: 'Do breakdown of typical week', 'Note best and worst times of day for study' and 'Timetable in 12 hours using as much best time as possible, and think about which study tasks I might tackle during difficult times'.

The bottom left box is labelled 'Resources to help'. It contains three items: 'Tom, my line manager – to negotiate some study leave and/or flexible working hours', 'Katie – to add key family commitments to her timetable, e.g. parents' evenings' and 'Parents – to ask for help with children and garden'.

The bottom right box is labelled 'When?'. It contains three items: 'Talk to Tom during my appraisal on 10 June', 'Talk to Katie next weekend while children are at swimming lessons and do timetable' and 'Ask Mum and Dad over for a meal next week'.