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There are a lot of different skills that you can develop to make yourself a more effective learner:

Based on your experience of which areas you handle well or need to improve, pick out four or five areas that you want to develop:

Study skill PDP? Study skill PDP?1. Doing a project 10. Writing essays and dissertations2. Finding, using and analysing information and evidence

11. Writing reports12. Dealing with other people

3. Handling time pressure 13. Discussions; face to face and online4. Making notes 14. Working in a group or a team5. PDP 15. Action planning: identifying actions;

making recommendations6. Plagiarism and referencing7. Presenting your work; making it look good 16. Succeeding with exams8. Reflecting on your learning 17. Giving a presentation, viva or being

observed9. Solving problems and making decisions

The study skills department can support you in developing all these skills:https://ulib.derby.ac.uk/backed_up_php/lib_guide_tutorials.html

Chris Gascoyne & Kevin Merry

University of DerbyStudy Skills for Successful Students