Study guides
Browse our collection of online resources to enhance your key skills necessary for academic success. The guides invite you to challenge misguided 'study skills' myths and find strategies that enhance your existing knowledge to get the grades you deserve.
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Preparing for study
A step-by-step guide on how to prepare to study at university to maximise your success.
Tips on how to manage your time and workload efficiently.
Practical guidance on how to take useful notes before, during, and after classes.
This guide will help you to understand how Generative AI tools work and how you can use them ethically to support your learning.
A series of interactive guides to make the most of the Library’s resources. Learn how to find credible information for your studies and manage your references to enhance your research process.
Preparing for Assignments
Guidance on how to interpret Assessment Briefs so you can complete your work effectively.
Tips on how to find and manage credible information for your research.
Step-by-step guidance on how to critically analyse journal articles and other sources.
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 suite of guides discusses collecting and analysing both qualitative and quantitative data, and the importance of data and research ethics to enable you to become an excellent researcher.
Guidance on how to communicate your ideas clearly in writing.
Step-by-step guidance on revision techniques and how to prepare for your exams.
Guidance on how to interpret and implement feedback more effectively.
Tips on how to plan and deliver academic presentations.
Producing Assessments
Step-by-step guidance on how to plan your written assessments.
Guidance on the characteristics of excellent academic writing and how to enhance your own written work.
Step-by-step guidance on how to find the focus of your research proposal, write effective research questions, and construct a thesis statement (argument) or testable hypothesis.
Guidance on how to build critical analysis into your academic writing.
This study guide provides guidance on how to reference and paraphrase sources in your assignments.
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 research, plan, and write your systematic literature review.
This study guide will equip you with the knowledge and skills to produce scientific reports using the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion (IMRaD) structure.
This study guide provides step-by-step guidance on reflective thinking and writing for your assignments.
Dissertations and Final Year Projects
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.
Advanced Research Skills for PGRs and Academics
Whether you’re just starting your postgraduate research programme or are a part of our academic community, this site offers resources, services, and guidance tailored to enhance your research experience.
