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• Exams & Revision
  • Revising for 24 Hour Take Home Exams
  • Introduction to 24 Hour Take Home Exams
  • Before the 24 Hour Take Home Exam
  • Exam Technique for 24 Hour Take Home Exams
• Dissertations & Theses
  • Structuring a Literature Review
• Assignment Types
  • Writing Coursework under Time Constraints
  • Reflective Writing
  • Writing a Synopsis
  • Structuring a Science Report
• Presentations
• Assessment & Degree Awards
  • How the University works out your degree award
  • Personal Extenuating Circumstances (PEC)
• Assignment Submission Guidance
• Inspera Digital Exams

Writing

• Academic Writing
  • Writing Introductions and Conclusions
  • Paragraphing
  • Reporting Verbs
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  • Proofreading
  • Working with a Proofreader
  • The 1-Hour Writing Challenge
• Grammar
  • Apostrophes
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  • How to Improve your Grammar (native English)
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Study Skills

• Independent Learning
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  • Reflective Practice
• Reading and Note-taking
  • Academic Reading
  • Strategic Reading Framework
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  • Note-taking in Lectures
  • Making Notes from Reading
• Critical Thinking
  • Using Evidence to Support your Argument
  • Integrating Scholarship
• Time Management
  • Managing Time and Motivation
  • Dealing with Procrastination

Good Academic Practice

• Plagiarism
  • How to Paraphrase
  • Quote or Paraphrase?
  • How to Quote
• Referencing

Numeracy, Maths & Statistics

This section of the website including the below sub sections are hosted externally to the main Academic Skills Kit website.

• Transition to university
• Core mathematics
• Statistics
• Numeracy
• Mechanics
• Business
• Animal science
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• Biomechanics
• Economics
• Psychology

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