The Study Skills Handbook (Palgrave Study Skills)

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If a student doesn’t contribute to group work then it is appropriate for the group to inform the tutor. Internet Business Manager – a tutorial on Internet information skills for business management students www.

Discussion groups These provide a facility for discussion (much like an Internet newsgroup) under various topic headings and not in real time. If you have a disability that may affect your performance in examinations then contact your Personal Supervisor or the Business School’s Disability Officer as soon as possible and well before the start of the examination period. This will involve accessing an on-line learning environment such as eBridge (available at https://ebridge.

The aim of the examination process is to test your knowledge and understanding in an environment with a time constraint. This approach can help you to relax by knowing that you have remembered your plans or notes and that you have the basics of some outline answers there. The quotation, with quotation marks, should be indented on either side, and the reference should appear in brackets on the line immediately below. Her tried and tested approach, based on over twenty years' experience of working with students, has helped over a million students to achieve their potential.

Referencing means acknowledging the sources you have used and proves that you are not attempting to pass the work of others off as your own. Many students find it helpful to form and work in informal study groups as this gives opportunities to discuss ideas and concepts, forge friendships, and consult one another over draft versions of their written assignments. This will give you the opportunity to talk to, rather than talk at, your audience, which will make you seem more interesting and will capture your audience’s attention. Time management is a skill that you only need to perfect once – once learnt it will stay with you and will be a skill that you will use throughout your working and personal life. It becomes even more vital to check understanding at every stage than it is with a homogenous group.Read this guide and follow the advice in it, and also make use of the special revision and examination sessions that are organised by your tutors and the Study Advice Service. You are therefore strongly recommended to familiarise yourself with the Harvard System and to use it consistently in any piece of work that you produce for an assessment. In an on-line environment you need to be very sensitive to the feelings of others as there are no visual cues as to how someone is responding to your comments. Based on the third floor of the students’ union building, which is accessible either by staircase or lift.