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New Year New UniSkills 2023: Student Advisor Academic Study Resolutions
Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope you are feeling refreshed and are raring to go for the new term ahead. Our #NewYearNewUniSkills campaign is running all this week to support you to get back in to study mode, and this is the perfect time to set yourself some academic study resolutions. If you […]
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UniSkills Focus On: BMJ Best Practice
In our final UniSkills Focus On… blog of 2022 we’re going to look at BMJ Best Practice. If you’re a student in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine looking for a tool to help you with clinical decision making, then BMJ Best Practice is the one for you!
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New Year, New UniSkills 2023!
With the winter break just around the corner, you may have already started to look ahead and think about how you can best prepare for the next semester. To help you make it your most successful one yet, from the 3-6 of January we’re excited to announce the return of New Year, New UniSkills!
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Sleigh your Studies with your Student Advisors: How to Stay Motivated During the Winter Break
As part of #SleighYourStudies we asked our wonderful Student Advisors to share their motivational wisdom for staying on track with reading, assignments, and exam revision during the festive period.
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#SleighYourStudies is back for 2022!
To make sure you’re not left out in the cold this festive season, the UniSkills elves (together with your Student Advisors) have been busy planning a round-up of support to help you #SleighYourStudies. Whether you’re revising for exams or juggling assignments with placements, here’s what we’ve got in store…
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UniSkills Focus On: Sage Research Methods
As the term races forward, we’ve reached the third instalment of our monthly UniSkills Focus On… series. This month we are exploring SAGE Research Methods.
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Study Happy with your Student Advisors: How to Study Happy as an Autistic Student
One of the many misconceptions about autistic people is that we just ‘think differently’ when in actual fact, many of us are dealing with an entirely different cognitive reality that affects the way we experience the world. This means that life changing events like starting university can present a unique set of challenges for us. […]
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Study Happy with your Student Advisors: Staying Organised
Time to get organised! Starting university for the first time can be overwhelming. Even if you are in your second or third year, you’re still likely to have lots of information and materials coming your way. From your courses, modules and reading lists to sources, societies and sports (then throw in your personal life and […]
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Study Happy with your Student Advisors: Making Time to Make Time
Winston Churchill famously noted that we should “Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.” Whether you’re just starting your first semester as an undergraduate or juggling work alongside postgraduate study, the key to academic success is to make time to plan ahead. The busy student schedule and academic demands mean it is impossible […]
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Study Happy with your Student Advisors: How to Proofread Effectively
While proofreading your work is an important part of completing an assignment, for many of us it is often forgotten, rushed, or left to the last minute. But what is proofreading? Why is proofreading important? When is best to proofread your work? And how might you improve your proofreading? Here, I share my tips as […]
