TRANSITION TO UNIVERSITY Study Skills

‘To go anywhere you must

also leave where you are

….’ (Sentier 2014 p.17)

KEY SKILLS Learning skills for university

Self directed learning skills

Critical thinking skills

Organisational skills

Study Skills

Self management

Self awareness

Notetaking skills

Effective reading skills

Year 1

Year 2

G

Year 3

Year 4

Personal Academic Social

Development at University

EFFECTIVE STUDENT TOOLS

Student Email1

QCA – Quality Credit Average3

Sulis/Moodle4

Using the Library5 Course Handbook

6

Module Outline7

Timetables2

Lecturer Contact

Details/Office

Hours

8

Academic Advisor

9

PLANNING- SMART GOALS

Does my goal help me achieve my

overall objectives?

Can I track my success?

Am I clear on what I need to achieve?

Can I achieve what I set out to do?

When will I achieve this goal?

Specific.

Measurable.

Attainable.

Realistic/Relevant.

Timed.

SEMESTER PLANNER

MODULES W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12Reading

WeekExams

Economics Revision

Mid-

Term

Exam

Start EssayEssay

Due

Exam

Worth

80%

Financial

MathsRevision

Mid-Term

Exam

Exam

Worth

70%

Research

Methods

Submit Draft

Presentation

In-Class

Presentation

Start

Case

Study

Case

Study DueNO EXAM

HR

ManagementStart Essay 1 Essay 1 Due

Start

Essay 2

Essay 2

Due

Exam

Worth

50%

Accounting In-Class TestIn-Class

Test

In-Class

Test

Exams

Worth

50%

WEEKLY PLANNER

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

12:00 Biology Lab

13:00 Lunch

14:00Group Work

Meeting

15:00 Go to Library

16:00Read Biology

paper for

tutorial

17:00 Biology Tutorial

18:00 Get Groceries

19:00 DinnerFootball

Training

20:00

Notes

Bike mechanic (Tue)

1 Get into a routine.

2 Prioritise tasks.

3 Study in blocks (40-50 minutes).

4 Take breaks.

5 Dedicate a space to study at.

6Establish when you work most effectively(high quality/low quality)

7 Remember to factor in family commitments.

8 Reward yourself – Hobbies/Down time/Etc.

Organised Learning

NOTE TAKING

Attend Lectures Note Taking Style Purpose Organisation

• Download notes

prior to lecture.

• Create folder or

use USB.

• Linear MethodMain Heading, Sub heading, Key points

• Cornell Method /Spilt Page

MethodSee handout

• Mind Mapping, Spider Diagram,

Concept Mapping

Lecture

IdeasNotes

• Summarise

• Question

• Capture

• Prompt

• Highlight

• Keep notes in one

place

• Create a cheat sheet

• Use highlighting,

underling, flip cards

MEMORY SKILLS

Aid recall of useful lists, concepts,

sequences.

Mnemonics

Make links with things you already

know/personalise learningAssociation

Diagram used to visually organize

information and show relationships.Mind Mapping

Building foundational skills

as an important part of

learningRepetition

Understand your academic

strengths and weaknesses Self Awareness

WORD

BANK

Build a personalised word bank

of novel or frequent words.

TOOLSUse a dictionary and thesaurus.

ACTIVE

READING Decide what you need to read and

for how long.

DECIDE

Read and make notes

for your chosen period of

time.

RECORD

Pose questions about

the material you have

read.QUESTION

Take a break after reading period

has elapsed.TIME OUT

QUESTION

Pose (more) questions.

SQR3

The SQ3R Effective Reading strategy.

Survey, Question, Read, Recall, Review

Use reference

lists/Create a reference

list of the material you

have read and annotate

it.

REFERENCE

LIST

EFFECTIVE READING/SQR3

ACADEMIC REFERENCING

Academic

Referencing

• “Plagiarism involves using other

people's words and ideas as if

they were one's own, without

crediting the source“ (Park 2004,

p.291).

• Disciplinary offence

• Turnitin.com

• Reference!

.

Plagarism

• Alphabetical order

• No numbers

• Authors name, initial. (Year of publication) Title:

Subtitle, Place Publication: Publisher

• Example

Dillon, M. (2010) Introduction to Sociological

Theory: Theorists, Concepts, and their

Applicability to the Twenty- First Century,

West Sussex: Wiley- Blackwell

Reference List/ Bibliography

• Referencing acknowledges sources used in

essays

• Referencing main elements

- In text citing

- A reference list or bibliography

• Harvard (Name-Date) mainly used in UL

• Be consistent (layout, punctuation, capitalisation)

• Quote/paraphrase (pg14)

References in your Writing

• Author, year, page (p. 4) (pp. 2-4)

• One author in text

• Example

(Dillon 2010, p.4)

In-text Referencing Style