Study guides
These study guides will support you to make the most of your studies by providing lots of top tips to help you organise, plan, and complete your work at Keele University. The study guides are designed for all students and researchers, helping you to develop your academic practices and become an effective learner.
Preparing for study
An online resource to guide you in using your time effectively to undertake your studies and make the most of your time at Keele, whether that be virtually or in person.
This study guide will help you learn how to take effective notes for your studies.
This guide will help you to understand how Generative AI tools work and how you can use them ethically to support your learning.
Preparing for assignments
An online resource to guide you in planning your research and undertaking reading for academic purposes, whether that be for producing assignments or wider reading around your lecture material.
This study guide will help you to identify connections between various sources as part of your assignments and to deepen your broader knowledge of a subject.
This online resource aims to help you understand and apply your feedback.
This study guide provides a step-by-step guide on how to research, plan, and write a theoretical or thematic dissertation.
This study guide provides a step-by-step guide on how to research, plan, and write a scientific or practice-based dissertation.
An online resource to help you plan and deliver academic presentations during your studies.
This study guide provides step-by-step guidance on reflective thinking and writing for your assignments.
Producing your assignments
This study guide will provide a step-by-step guide on how to plan and write your assignments.
This study guide will support you to build critical analysis into your academic writing.
This study guide will help you learn how to find the focus of your research proposal, write effective research questions, and construct a thesis statement (argument) or testable hypothesis.
This study guide will help you to research, plan, and write your systematic literature review.
This study guide provides a step-by-step guide on how to plan, research, and write thematic literature reviews.
This study guide will help you to develop your editing and proofreading practices, enabling you to produce polished assignments that make your knowledge shine.
This study guide provides step-by-step guidance on reflective thinking and writing for your assignments.
This study guide provides guidance on how to reference and paraphrase sources in your assignments.