Assisted blockade Easter 2025
Who is the Cogito Assisted Blockade aimed at?
The Easter 2025 assisted blockade is aimed at all higher education students, from medicine to law to higher education. In fact, all students are welcome for this tailor-made help with blockades and exams. Cogito makes it a point of honour to scrupulously respect everyone's study comfort requirements. The number of students we welcome is therefore limited.
Next dates: 21-25 April 2025, residential or day school (your choice).
The aim? To prepare intensively for and pass the June exams. Students prepare for their exams in a serious working atmosphere, with qualified instructors trained to help them make the most of each day of assisted blockade to achieve success. Request information on the Easter 2025 assisted blockade using the form below.
Would you like to take stock of the situation and plan your assisted blockade rationally? If so, we can offer you the Diagnostic Appointment and our Seminar on university work methods.
The Cogito-assisted Blockade forces:
- Qualified trainers (BAC+5);
- Three hours of intensive coaching every day (assisted blockade is not an option). not supervised study)
- A plan, a structure, a rhythm, timetables, the Cogito method
- Individual explanations and exam simulations reproducing real-life conditions (MCQs/QRMs)
- Twenty-five years' experience in organising assisted blockades
- The result is a complete, integrated blockade design solution!
A student blockade with many advantages:
- Three hours of real coaching a day
- Individual courses and seminars Méthode Cogito
- Effective follow-up to the study (overall programme, specific deadlines)
+ Exam simulation
Coaching, study and work methods
- Three one-hour coaching sessions per day. Students will be helped to plan their work, understand their subject and make it their own. They will ask questions and be questioned every day by a trainer specialising in the subject studied, according to their needs and expectations. In this respect, students should adopt a proactive attitude: it is up to them to be on time for the prearranged meeting;
- Of these three hours, one hour is strictly individual, while two hours are spent in small groups (emulation, interactivity) with the same trainer throughout the day;
- Modules on different aspects of the working method are organised throughout the week, taking into account the requests and needs of the students present.
Réservez votre blocus assisté pour Pâques 2025 et l'été 2025!
With or without accommodation
We are now opening registrations for the assisted blockade for winter 2024. (Please note that we are unable to give options on bookings, as this creates misunderstandings with parents who are put on hold and end up disappointed).The assisted blockade is organised at our facilities in Louvain-la-Neuve. An on-site accommodation option is offered - without obligation. This is for students who wish to immerse themselves in their studies and not have to make the daily commute.Consequently, students who stay on site remain under the supervision of constant members of our staff, who are also staying on site.A successful student blockade
Ensure the quality of your study materials. There's no point in multiplying the number of materials; you need to create a single, up-to-date and comprehensive set of materials for each course.
So plan your work from the outset, dividing up the available days between the different subjects to be presented. It's important to give your study some visibility.
You have to study, not just 'work'. Study means acquiring knowledge. Good work to you all 😉
| Start | End | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 8h00 | 9h00 | Study 1 |
| 9h00 | 10h | Coaching |
| 10h | 10h30 | Break |
| 10h30 | 11h30 | Study 3 |
| 11h30 | 12h30 | Coaching |
| 12h30 | 13h30 | Dinner |
| 13h30 | 14h30 | Study 4 |
| 14h30 | 15h30 | Study 5 |
| 15h30 | 16h | Break |
| 16h | 17h | Study 6 |
| 17h | 18h | Study 7 |
| 18h | 18h30 | Break |
| 18h30 | 19h30 | Coaching |
| Start | End | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| 8h00 | 9h00 | Study 1 |
| 9h00 | 10h | Coaching |
| 10h | 10h15 | Break |
| 10h15 | 11h15 | Study 3 |
| 11h15 | 12h15 | Coaching |
| 12h15 | 13h00 | Dinner |
| 13h00 | 14h00 | Study 5 |
| 14h00 | 15h00 | Study 6 |
| 15h00 | 15h30 | Break |
| 15h30 | 16h30 | Study 7 |
| 16h30 | 17h30 | Coaching |
Block or blockade?
The term "blockade" is specific to French-speaking Belgium, where students prepare intensively for several weeks before the exams.
So in Belgium, the term "blockade" is used to describe this period of intensive revision.
The word "bloquer" in French-speaking Belgium is also used in the sense of working assiduously (the content of a course) in preparation for the exam.
Bloque, from the Dutch blokken
This term, which sounds funny to a French student, is borrowed from the Dutch verb "blokken" used in the same way in Flanders and the Netherlands.
Note that the words "bloque" and "blocus" are also associated with the idea of preventing movement, isolating or obstructing, which can be compared to the notion of "bûcher" in general French.
However, the term "blockade" is a semantic innovation from Belgium, where it is used to describe the intensive revision period before exams.
Blockade in Liège, blockade in Brussels!
It is often preferred to the term 'bloque' in higher education institutions in Brussels, Walloon Brabant and Namur, while 'bloque' is more commonly used in universities and colleges in the Liège region.
In conclusion, the terms bloque and blocus should be considered as perfect synonyms and neologisms specific to Belgium, referring to the period of intensive study preceding the exam session.
Assisted blockade or supervised blockade?
When Cogito created the first assisted blockade in 2001 at Collège Saint-Benoît de Maredsous, there were no equivalents, either in universities or in organisations comparable to Cogito. Since then, the formulas have multiplied and parents sometimes find it difficult to find their way between the expressions assisted blockade, supervised blockade, assistance blockade, etc.
The best thing is to start from *your* needs. If you are looking (for yourself or your child) for a formula that guarantees nine hours of effective study per day - effective acquisition of knowledge - including three appointments per day with a qualified trainer in the subject studied (civil engineer, lawyer, doctor, etc.), then the high added value, highly organised formula of the assisted block is the best choice. A student who is more interested in study assisted by other students will be more likely to opt for less demanding supervision.
Supervised blockade or assisted blockade: the important thing is to agree on the content and the level of the trainers.
Blockade tips
Easter-assisted blockade
From 21 to 25 April 2025, Cogito invites you to take part in the Easter Assisted Blockade, a unique experience to boost your skills and maximise your success at university.
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