Study Skills Package
Moving On is a package of information and workshop materials addressing skills for Higher Education, to assist in building confidence and success. It is targetted at students applying for a course in HE, and also at students who are already HE students and who wish to improve their study skills.
This study skills package aims to help you to feel confident about moving on to Higher Education by making you more familiar with what to expect and what will be expected of you.
The package contains information on the following topics to help you prepare for university and to be a confident student and successful student during your Higher Educational experience.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 0.pdf | The whole package as a single file |
| 1.pdf | Is Higher Education for you |
| 2.pdf | Preparation for study - what you can do now to get ready |
| 3.pdf | The learning experience and teaching methods at university |
| 4.pdf | Other resources at university and how to use them |
| 5.pdf | Working with others |
| 6.pdf | Research with the World Wide Web |
| 7.pdf | Academic writing |
| 8.pdf | Further help |
You can concentrate on any of these topics in any order on your own or with the help of a tutor or with friends.
For each section there is an optional practical workshop sheet. These materials have been produced by Dr Jill Terry based at University College Worcester for the Collaborative Widening Participation Project (Coventry University, University College Worcester, The University of Warwick).
The files are available as Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) files; you will require the Acrobat Reader software from Adobe to be able to view and print them. The software is freely available from the Adobe website.
