Essential Study Skills

The Complete Guide to Success at University

Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield

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Sage Publications Ltd
31 May 2022

Universities; Study & learning skills: general

Series: Student Success

Packed with study tips, activities, templates and quotes from students, this is your essential guide to university, showing you step-by-step how to study effectively and make the best of your time at university. Whether you are going to university straight from school, a mature, or an overseas student studying in the UK for the first time, you'll find out how to:

Sail through those tricky first weeks

Get the most out of lectures by understanding how you learn

Learn techniques for academic writing and research

Effectively work with others in groups, seminars and workshops Write assignments and pass exams with flying colours

Build your CV and plan your next steps after graduation.

New to this edition is content on how to thrive at university, learn and research digitally, and how to develop your employability skills.

The Student Success series are essential guides for students of all levels. From how to think critically and write great essays to planning your dream career, the Student Success series helps you study smarter and get the best from your time at university.

By: Tom Burns, Sandra Sinfield
Imprint: Sage Publications Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 186mm,
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9781529778519
ISBN 10: 1529778514
Series: Student Success
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 31 May 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Part I: The Starter Kit Introduction How To Learn, How to Study How To Survive and Thrive Part II: The Survival Kit How To Enjoy Academic Reading How To Make the Best Notes How To Be Analytical and Critical How To Be Reflective How To Get On In Groups How To Become an Excellent Digital Scholar Part III: The Big Assessment Toolkit: Assessments – How To Excel University Assessment and How to Succeed How To Reference and Avoid Plagiarism How To Write Great Essays How To Produce Excellent Reports How To Devise and Deliver Excellent Presentations How To Revise For and Pass Exams PART IV: The Employability Kit Employability

Tom Burns, always interested in theatre and the arts and their role in teaching and learning, led the Hainault Action Group setting up adventure playgrounds and devising Community Events and Festivals for the local community. Whilst still a student Tom set up and ran the first International Dario Fo Festival – with symposium, theatre workshops for students and local people and full dramatic performances by the Fo-Rame theatre troupe of The Tiger’s Tale and The Boss’s Funeral. Tom Burns is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Learning Development actively involved in the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (www.aldinhe.ac.uk). Some time ago he, along with Sandra Sinfield, developed the student-facing Study Hub (www.londonmet.ac.uk/studyhub) and the staff-facing Take5 website and blog (http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/take5/), the latter offering engaging and innovative learning, teaching and assessment practices to support staff with learning development work. Working in the Centre for Professional and Educational Development at London Metropolitan University, she continues to develop learning, teaching and assessment innovations with a special focus on engaging praxes that ignite student curiosity and develop power and voice. Sandra Sinfield has worked as a laboratory technician, a freelance copywriter, an Executive Editor (Medicine Digest, circulation 80,000 doctors) and in the voluntary sector with the Tower Hamlets Research and Resource Centre and with the Islington Green School Community Play written by Alan, Whose Life is it Anyway?, Clarke and produced at Sadler′s Wells. Sandra is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Learning Development actively involved in the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (www.aldinhe.ac.uk). Some time ago she, along with Tom Burns, developed the student-facing Study Hub (www.londonmet.ac.uk/studyhub) and the staff-facing Take5 website and blog (http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/take5/), the latter offering engaging and innovative learning, teaching and assessment practices to support staff with learning development work. Working in the Centre for Professional and Educational Development at London Metropolitan University, she continues to develop learning, teaching and assessment innovations with a special focus on engaging praxes that ignite student curiosity and develop power and voice.