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Study Skills Handbook

This ebook provides support for academic study skills

LinkedIn Learning

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Toolkits

The Higher Education Assignment Toolkit has been designed to help students transitioning to Higher Education with their first Assignment.

You can either access an interactive tutorial or a PDF version of the toolkit. 

The Dissertation Toolkit is an interactive resource to help anyone working on large assignments such as:

  • Final Year Dissertations
  • Final Year Projects or Extended Reports
  • Masters Dissertations

You can dip into the toolkit for Ideas and Resources about many aspects of academic study, including Referencing, Critical Writing, Proofreading and more. There are videos, quizzes, checklists and much more.

The Critical Thinking Toolkit has been designed to introduce you to all aspects of critical thinking, from recognising how cognitive biases influence how we interact with information, evaluating the reliability of information and critical reading and writing. 

It is designed to be worked through from the start but you can dip into different sections if you prefer. It is interactive with tasks throughout to help you fully learn the theories and techniques.

Click on the image to view the toolkitImage of hands holding a lightbulb

Proof reading is an integral part of the process of producing academic writing, and therefore an important skill both at university and beyond . This PDF guide covers some of the key areas that you can focus on when proof reading your writing. 

Quillbot

QuillBot

Academic writing platform: QuillBot: Whether you write emails, essays, case studies, blogs, or projects, QuillBot is ready to support you.

Content:

  1. Paraphraser: QuillBot’s paraphrasing tool helps rewrite and enhance any sentence, paragraph, or article for fluency using AI.
  2. Grammar Checker: It has a free online correction grammar, spell check, check punctuation, and correct a multitude of grammatical errors. There is also a free essay checker, proofreader and other tools.
  3. Summarizer: QuillBot’s summarizer can condense articles, papers, or documents down to the key points instantly in two ways: key sentences and paragraph mode.
  4. Citation Generator: Easily create full and in-text citations in thousands of formats.
  5. Co-writer: All-in-one writing space that combines online research capabilities, note-taking, and AI-assisted autocomplete to give you seamless writing and research experience without ever having to leave the page
  6. Translator: The free online translator helps to translate the written article into 45 languages.

Subject Guides

Subject guides provide information on relevant databases and search tools. They also provide help and support in using specialist material

Architecture

Business

Computing and Engineering

Fashion and Interior Design

Law

Psychology

Alternatively, view an A-Z list of all databases available

A-Z list of databases

Focus on Guides - Courses

Critical Writing Guide
Essay Writing Guide
Proof Reading for Grammar Toolkit
Reflective Writing Guide
Report Writing Guide
Writing in academic style guide
Using Evidence in Writing
Time

CLaSS Bitesize Videos

Writing in an academic style: 3 minute bitesize video tutorial

Reading Strategies: 4 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Reading for a purpose: 9 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

How to read and critique a journal article: 9 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Note Making: 5 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Turning reading into writing: 12 minute bitesize video tutorial

Writing Reports: 9 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Structuring your Essay: 9 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Structuring your Essay - Test Yourself: 3 minute bitesize video tutorial

What do we mean by criticality? 3 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Stepping up your critical writing: 5 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Finding your critical voice: 7 minute bitesize video tutorial

Effective Presentations: 5 minute bitesize video tutorial

Writing a polished response in the exam: 2 minute bitesize video tutorial

 

Top 5 student tips for exams: 5 minute bitesize video tutorial

Workshops

Workshops on a range of academic skills are delivered by the Learning Services Team in the UK. Workshops are currently delivered remotely.

Book using our Workshop calendar.

  • Click on book a workshop. Check your BOOKING CONFIRMATION EMAIL for details of how to join each workshop.
  • Recordings are also available for most workshops. Click on Workshop, videos and resources

Maths Learning Centre

Maths Resources

Link to Maths Resources

Click the image for Maths resources to aid your independent learning

Statistics Resources

Link to Statistics Resources

Click the image for Statistics resources to aid your independent learning