Effective Study Seminars at the start of term

Effective Study Sessions for all first year students

Get a head start with your studies through the online Effective Study Seminars.

See information on the pages linked to the left of this page for continuing support for academic writing and language development throughout the academic year.

Seminar 1: Know Your Degree (Click for PowerPoint used in video series)

Session 1: Know Your Degree

A simple guide to working with the modules and schemes database to identify your assessed workload across an academic year.

Download PowerPoint: Know Your Degree

 

 

Seminar 2: Essential Aspects of Academic Practice (Click for PowerPoints used in video series)

Session 2: Essential Aspects of Academic Practice

A guide to citation, quotation, paraphrasing, summarising, references and bibliographies

Download PowerPoint for video 1: Essential Aspects of Academic Practice 1: Acknowledging Sources 

Download PowerPoint for video 2: Essential Aspects of Academic Practice 2: Paraphrasing and Summarising

Download PowerPoint for video 3: Essential Aspects of Academic Practice 3: References and Bibliographies