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On Wednesday 27 March, the 13th Roberts Lecture was delivered by alumnus, honorary graduate and experimental psychologist Professor Neil Rackham. Professor Rackham’s lecture, ‘University…
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In this short series of podcasts I want to help you be more productive with your writing and help you get things done. In this podcast I want to discuss the kind of things that will help your writing…
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Health and Related Research (ScHARR)
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre A sun diagram can be used as a brain dump to get out all the information you have about a topic in one place. The basic principles are that…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. The topic sentence - a general statement that states the main idea Explanation or Definition - clarifies any difficult or unclear terms in the…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. S - Sentence structure - check each sentence is not a: run on sentence, sentence fragment, sentence that does not make sense, or a stringy…
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APSE
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Find out how we can help you! 301 Academic Skills Centre provides opportunities for all students to develop the essential academic and study skills which underpin their learning at university. Study…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Visual - colourful note cards, pictures, mind maps, videos, flowcharts, colours and symbols to denote themes/key ideas. Auditory - Recordings…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Purpose and background - why are you reading this text? What type of text is it? What do you know about the subject of the text? What else has…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Plan out how you will use your time during an exam Have a look over the revised material - avoid cramming as you’re unlikely to take…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Nearly all introductions perform three functions:Hook readers and convince them to take the time to read the essay Giving background…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Conclusions should fulfil three main roles: It signals the end of the essay - begin your conclusion with a transition signal, for example…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. What - the first sentence of your paragraph should make it clear what subject you are covering - the topic sentence. Evidence - support your…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Running up to your presentation: plan what you'll wear/how you'll get there, practice presentation, know what you can skip through…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Draw up a revision timetable working backwards from exams and adapt and review this regularly Consider priorities - don’t just focus on…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Primary - first hand, immediate, raw, data/findings Secondary - second hand, after the fact, interpreted, analysis Quantitative - numerical,…
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APSE
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Study Skills Hack created by 301 Academic Skills Centre. Throughout your degree you will have a lot of reading material to cover, and committing this reading to memory can be hard. Before you start…
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