Higher Education Study Skills

• Powerpoint 2007
• Excel 2007
• Word 2007
• I.T Survival Kit
• MAC a Basic Guide

• Hull University Study Resources (Link)

• Apostrophe’s Guide (PDF Document)
• Capital Letters (PDF Document)

• Checklist for effective reports
• Report writing
• Structure of Reports
• Whats the difference between reports and essays?

• Academic Writing Study Guide (PDF Document)
• Book & Article Reviews study guide (PDF Document)
• Essay Checklist (PDF Document)
• Dissertations study guide (PDF Document)
• Essay Writing study guide (PDF Document)
• Basic Referencing Tips And Golden Rules
• Critical Thinking
• Forms of Assessment
• Evaluation Hints and Tips

• Learnhigher Website (Link)
• Quick E-Guide to Academic Writing

• Time Management Study guide (PDF Document)
• Time Management Tips (PDF Document)
• Good time management
• Overcoming procrastination
• Using your time effectively
• The 5 minute guide to managing your time at university

• Numeracy Maths and Statistics – Resources for Students

• Dissertation front cover (Word Document)

The Writing for Assignments E-Library project is a resource to help people learn about writing at university. Learning by example is known to be effective. Genuine and successful students’ work can be viewed with comments explaining why it is good and, in some cases, how academics thought the writing could be improved. Use this site to perfect your skills and develop your understanding of how writing works.

It includes

• Examples of student essays and other university assignments from a number of subject areas
• Comments from lecturers about why the writing is good – or how it could be improved

• Proofreading Study Guide