A series of study skills workshops begins on 24th February and runs over five weeks.
These sessions are suitable for all students. Booking isn’t required; just come along.
Each session covers a self-contained topic, so don’t worry if you can’t attend all of them.
Updates will be posted on the Learning Success blog: tiny.cc/learningsuccessblog
Materials used in the sessions (e.g. Powerpoint presentations) will be posted on our Moodle module: tiny.cc/learningsuccess
For further information about any of the sessions:
Moodle: tiny.cc/learningsuccess
Email: academiclearningsupport@city.ac.uk
Phone: 0207 040 0246
| week commencing | Mondays | Tuesdays | Thursdays | Fridays |
| 23rd Feb | Presentation skills for CASS students (1.00 – 1.50pm, AG07) | Report writing for science, technology & engineering students (1.00 – 1.50pm, C320) | ||
| 2nd March | Dissertation structure & contents for SASS students (1.00 – 1.50pm, AG07) | Essay writing for humanities, social sciences, health, business & related disciplines (1.00 – 1.50pm, AG08) | Literature review dissertations for health students: making your critical argument (1.00 -1.50pm, A109) | |
| 9th March | Time management (1.00 – 1.50pm, AG07) | Research terminology part 1: do you know your Hawthorne effect from your stratified random sampling?(1.00 – 1.50pm, AG08) | Note-taking for law students(1.00 -1.50pm, A109) | |
| 16th March | Critical thinking (1.00 – 1.50 pm, AG07) | Research terminology part 2: do you know your placebo from your polytomous variable?(1.00 – 1.50pm, AG03) | Revision strategies(1.00 -1.50pm, A109) | |
| 23rd March | Avoid procrastination in your revision(12.30 – 2pm, A109) | From anxiety to calm in your revision(12.30 – 2pm, A109) | Using free mind mapping software for revision (1.00 – 3pm, AG24a)The first hour of this session will be mostly theory-based, whilst the second hour will give students a chance to practise using the software, with tutor support. | Memory techniques for revision(1.00 – 1.50pm, A109) |
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