This unit helps students to develop the skills required for successful university study. They include: <br/>(1) a range of organisational skills, including: time management, getting the most from lectures and tutorials, and maximising the chances of doing well in exams; <br/>(2) written communication skills, to help with the 100,000+ words students write during their undergraduate career, including: essay planning and structure, abstracts and reviews, academic writing conventions, general writing practices, and working with diagrams and tables; and <br/>(3) information retrieval skills, including efficient searching of: the library catalogue, journal databases, and World Wide Web... -- Course Website
Instructor: N Burdess
