How to Get a First: The Essential Guide to Academic Success (Routledge Study Guides) - Softcover

Dixon, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415317339 ISBN 13: 9780415317337

Publisher: Routledge, 2004

Synopsis

In this informative guide, Thomas Dixon argues that you do not have to be a genius to get a first at university. He sets out to de-mystify first-class degrees in the arts, humanities and social sciences, clearly articulating the difference between the excellent and the merely competent in undergraduate work.

This concise, no-nonsense guidebook will give prospective and current students advice on teaching and learning styles that prevail in university and on how to manage their two most important resources - their time and their lecturers. In an accessible and entertaining style, the author looks at subjects such as:

• making the transition from school to university
• developing transferable skills
• making use of lectures and seminars
• using libraries and the Internet
• note-taking, essays, seminars and presentations
• common mistakes to avoid
• writing with clarity and style
• revision and examinations.

Illustrated with many examples from a range of academic disciplines, How to Get a First is an all-purpose guide to success in academic life. Visit the companion website www.getafirst.com

About this title

About the Author

Thomas Dixon has taught at the Universities of Cambridge and London, and is now a Lecturer in History at Lancaster University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415317339
• ISBN 13: 9780415317337
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 171