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Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University

Fourth Edition
by Tom Burns and Sandra Sinfield

Student Resources

  • Study Skills
  1. Introduction
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  2. How to Learn; How to Study
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  3. Make University Positive
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  4. How to Survive Academic Reading
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  5. How to Make the Best Notes
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  6. How to be Creative and Visual in Your Learning
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  7. How to be Analytical and Critical
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  8. How to be Reflective
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  9. How To Get on in Groups
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  10. How to Harness a Digital You
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  11. How to Make Sense of Your Course
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  12. Probably the Most Important Thing on Writing You’ll Ever Read
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  13. The Ten Step Approach to Better Assignments
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  14. How to Reference and Avoid Plagiarism
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  15. How to Write Great Essays
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  16. How to Produce Excellent Reports
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  17. How to Deliver Excellent Presentations
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  18. How to Run Your Own Seminars and Workshops
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  19. How to Write a Brilliant Dissertation
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  20. How to Revise for and Pass Exams
    • Journal articles
    • Web activities
    • Web links
  21. PDP and HEAR: Knowing Who You Are, Becoming Who You Want to Be
    • Journal articles
    • Web links
  22. How to Move On… and Get That Job
    • Journal articles
    • Web links

Web links

Web links to act as supplements to your studies and provide a broader scope of information.

Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

Remember 'Reading' and 'Notemaking'

Organise your DESK

A range of writing resources to support you, includes link the Preventing plagiarism tutorial

Explore generally – and have a particular look at Academic Writing and Assessment on the LearnHigher site – see what resources are there for you to use.

An Essay Evolves

Shared writing space: This link goes to several shared writing spaces – some supported by Google. Consider how you might use these spaces to work collaboratively with other students – especially if preparing GROUP projects 

Shared thinking space: This space designed to support group work in more creative ways

EXCELLENT site for phrases to use in ACADEMIC WRITING

Referencing, grammar …

Worried about grammar?

Proof reading tips – try the following

http://businessmajors.about.com/od/collegeessaywriting/ht/EssayEdit.htm

http://www.scribblepad.co.uk/HowToProofreadYourWriting.html

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