Efnisyfirlit

• List of Figures
• About the Authors
• Acknowledgments
• Companion Social Media Site
• Part One The Starter Kit
  • 1 Introduction
    • Introduction and welcome
    • What is university for?
    • University is changing
    • Introducing us
    • Introducing the book itself
      • It takes time
      • Get out of your comfort zone
      • Using this book
      • Reflect on it: Keep a diary, blog or vlog
      • Social media support
    • Coming to university: Hopes and fears
    • Activity: Quick quiz: Get ready to study
    • Six steps to successful study
      • The six steps
      • Six steps to success
      • Study techniques can be learned – good students are made, not born
      • Overview is vital – everybody needs the big picture
      • Creativity is essential – and can be developed
      • Communicate effectively – have something to say
      • Emotions rule – how to survive and thrive
      • Review – without reflection there is no learning
    • Summary
    • Further reading
    • Activity: The successful student checklist
  • 2 How to Learn, How to Study
    • Introduction
    • Activity: Past learning experiences
    • What is learning?
      • Active learning
    • Creative and multimodal learning
      • Make learning different
      • The playful university
      • The study apron
      • Build on the visual
      • Hear it, say it
      • Activity: Learn how to learn
    • Studying: When, where and how
      • When should I study?
      • Organisation and time management
      • Where to study
      • Make the space work for you
      • How to study
        • The lecture
        • The seminar or workshop
        • The tutorial
        • Blended learning
        • The virtual learning environment
        • Independent and interdependent learning
    • A beginner’s guide to taking control of your studies
    • Summary
    • Activity: The time sponge
    • Further reading
    • Activity: 1) Write a learning contract and 2) Fill in your timetables
  • 3 How to Survive and Thrive
    • Introduction
    • Introducing positive thinking
      • Feel the fear… and do it anyway
      • Why do we experience fear?
      • Promote your wellbeing: Reframe fear
      • The positive student
      • Keep going: Say it, write it, do it
    • Get help if you need it
      • The counselor says
      • Personal and/or academic tutor
      • Subject librarian (academic liaison librarian)
      • Learning and writing development
      • Student union
      • Student support services
    • And finally
    • Activity: Positive things to do at university
• Part Two The Survival Kit
  • 4 How to Enjoy Academic Reading
    • Introduction
    • Reading: Engaging with key ideas and people
    • The problem with reading
    • Activity: A beginner’s guide to reading
    • An active reading strategy: QOOQRRR
      • QOOQRRR in more detail
        • Question
        • Overview – course
        • Overview – text
        • Question: Why am I reading this now?
        • Read – actively and interactively
        • Re-read – make notes
        • Review notes
    • Get ready to read
    • A quick note on plagiarism
    • Activity: Make reading fun
    • Summary
  • 5 How to Make the Best Notes
    • Introduction
    • Activity: Brainstorm: What’s the point of making notes?
    • Notemaking is active learning
    • A beginner’s guide to ideal notes
    • Linear notes
      • The problem with linear notes
    • Cornell notes
    • Concept maps
    • Mindmaps
    • Pattern notes
      • Patterns are best
    • A beginner’s guide to pattern notes
    • The revision cycle
    • Big notemaking tips
    • Summary
    • Further reading
    • Activity: First lecture questions
  • 6 How to Be Analytical and Critical
    • Introduction
    • Critical thinking
      • It’s all about critical thinking
    • Activity: Practising critical thinking
    • What if…
    • Critical questions for reading and writing
      • Reading tips
      • Writing tips
        • First break the question down
        • Use the paragraph questions
    • Flawed logic
    • Summary
  • 7 How to Be Reflective
    • Introduction
    • Reflective learning
      • Without reflection there is no learning
    • The reflective learning diary
    • A beginner’s guide to reflective learning
      • Reflective learning prompts
    • Reflection on practice learning
      • Policy and practice
      • Assessing experiential learning
      • Gibbs, Kolb and Schon
      • Gibbs’ reflective cycle
      • Kolb’s cycle
      • Schon’s model of experiential learning
      • How honest should I be?
      • Tips on reflection
      • And finally – your projects
    • Summary
    • Activity: Get blogging
  • 8 How to Get On in Groups
    • Introduction
    • Building a group identity
      • How we do it
      • Unconscious bias
      • Study groups and personal learning networks
    • Thriving in assessed group work
      • What is group work?
      • Building a compassionate pedagogy
      • Why group work?
      • Advantages and disadvantages of group work
      • How to ‘do’ group work
    • Activity: Take control of group work
    • A business-like approach to group work
      • Belbin’s group roles
      • Adair’s processes
    • A beginner’s guide to group work
    • Summary
    • Further reading
    • Activity: Use the ten steps to success approach – with an observer
  • 9 How to Become an Excellent Digital Scholar
    • Introduction
    • Covid-19 changed everything: We are all digital now
    • Being a digital student
      • The right hardware
      • Great software
      • Save it
      • Virtual or augmented reality
      • Social media
      • YouTube if you want to
    • Become a digital success: Work out loud
      • Virtual learning environments
      • Blog to learn
      • Twitter for learning
      • Do a free MOOC
    • Using your digital devices for research
      • Using your library e-resources
      • Bookmarking
      • Evaluate your online sources
    • Digital assessments and coursework
      • Prevent plagiarism
    • Summary
    • Activity tips: How to make the digital work for you
• Part Three The Big Assessment Toolkit: Assessments – How to Excel
  • 10 University Assessment and How to Succeed
    • Introduction
    • Understanding and passing your course
      • Take control
    • Understanding assessment
      • Formative and summative assessment
      • Formative assessment is developmental
      • Summative assessment is final
      • Feedback/forward
    • Activity: Dealing positively with feedback/forward
    • Understanding assignment formats
      • The essay
      • The reflective essay
      • The patchwork assessment
      • The report
      • The dissertation
      • The presentation
      • The portfolio
      • The project – or problem based learning
      • The exam
      • The digital artefact
      • The literature review
      • The reading record
      • The annotated bibliography
    • Ten steps to assignment success
      • Prepare
      • Targeted research and active reading
      • Write – read – write
      • Settle on a first draft
      • Leave it!
      • Review, revise and edit: Struggle to write
      • Proofread
      • Hand it in – celebrate
      • Getting it back: Think first
      • Getting it back: What the tutor said
    • Activity: Talk yourself through an assignment question
    • Overcoming writing blocks
      • Some positive writing strategies
    • Activity: Free writing for assignments
    • Summary
    • Further reading
    • Activity: Rich writing
  • 11 How to Reference and Avoid Plagiarism
    • Introduction
    • Reading, referencing and preventing plagiarism
      • It is all about referencing
    • Activity: Some reasons for plagiarising
    • Summary
    • Activity: Use your index cards or online referencing tools
  • 12 How to Write Great Essays
    • Introduction
    • What is an essay?
      • The legal precedent
    • Why write essays?
      • The essay explained
        • The ‘body’ as argument – the paragraph as dialogue
        • The introduction
        • The conclusion
        • References
      • The five paragraph essay
    • How to prepare and write an essay
      • A beginner’s guide to essay writing
      • It starts with the question
    • Activity: Thinking around an essay question
      • More ways to think about the question
    • Activity: Thinking about ‘instruction words’
    • SWOT it: Using feedback/forward
      • SWOT
      • Appreciative Inquiry
    • Summary
    • Activity: Use the essay checklist
  • 13 How to Produce Excellent Reports
    • Introduction
    • What is a report?
      • The ideal report
    • Why write reports
      • Professional development
      • Research projects and dissertations
      • The audience or reader
    • How to approach reports
      • Get creative
      • Take logical steps
      • Question yourself
    • What’s my paradigm: Choosing your methodology and data gathering method
      • Transparency, justification, creativity and analysis
      • Writing it up
    • Getting students started: How we do it
    • Summary
    • Activity: Different reports, their implications and the questions to ask
  • 14 How to Devise and Deliver Excellent Presentations
    • Introduction
    • What is a presentation?
      • It’s a talk
      • It’s an act
      • It’s interactive
      • It’s a scholarly convention
    • Why do we set presentations?
      • The elevator pitch
    • How to succeed in presentations: The four Ps
      • Plan
      • Prepare
      • Practise, practise, practise
      • Present: Performance tips and tricks
    • Activity: Get creative with your presentations
    • Group presentations: Essential things to do
    • Seminars and workshops
      • The seminar
      • Workshops
    • Summary
    • Coda
    • Activity: Use the presentation checklist
  • 15 How to Revise for and Pass Exams
    • Introduction
    • What are exams and why do we set them?
      • ‘How long should the answer be? I’m dyslexic and write slowly.’
      • ‘I’ve got a really bad memory: How can you learn a whole year’s work in three weeks?’
      • ‘I know I’m unusual but… I really love exams and hate coursework.’
      • ‘What if I fail? It will all have been wasted!’
    • How to develop your memory
      • Short- and long-term memory
      • Activity: How we learned in primary school
      • Learning does not happen by accident
        • The revision cycle
      • Take control: See it, hear it, say it, do it
      • Make revision games
    • How to pass exams: SQP4
      • Survey
      • Question
      • Predict
      • Plan
      • Prepare
      • Practise those exams
    • Examination day!
      • Use the paper – use your time
      • Think smart – think positive
      • Relaxation
      • The night before
      • Judgement day
      • What examiners like to see
      • After the exam
    • Summary
    • Further reading
    • Activity: Use the exams checklist
• Part Four The Employability Kit
  • 16 Employability
    • Introduction
    • Improve your prospects – build your CV
      • Think CV
      • How to write a bad application
      • What employers want
      • Going on to further study
    • Making the most of university
      • A Dean of Students’ open letter to new students
      • What the graduate said
      • What the head of department says
      • What the peer-learning programme leader says
      • What the student ambassador leaders say
      • What the lecturer says
      • What the surprised academic said
      • And finally – a message from the careers service
    • Employability modules and transferable skills
      • Transferable soft skills
    • Activity: Are you reflecting?
    • Recognition, entrepreneurship and knowledge exchange
      • HEAR
      • The anchor institution and knowledge exchange
    • Summary
    • Activity: What to do right now
• Bibliography and Further Reading
• Index

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