Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University (SAGE Study Skills Series)
Language: English
Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2012
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- Title
- Essential Study Skills: The Complete Guide to Success at University (SAGE Study Skills Series)
- Author
- Burns, Tom; Sinfield, Sandra
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- 46831049
- Signed
- 4/24/2026 10:52:32 AM
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1446203255
- ISBN 13
- 9781446203255
- Edition
- 1777027952.
- Seller catalogs
- 2, 9781446203255, U
′Brilliant little book! ... It′s easy to follow and understand, full of practical hints and tips, helps to remove some of the pressures of uni life!′ - Amazon review
′Really useful sections on reading and taking notes ... the bread and butter of student life.′ - Amazon review
Do you want to do better at university?
Whether you′re a student wanting to improve their study skills or a lecturer who wants to give their students a helping hand with their work, this book is for you.
Packed with study tips and handy activities, this proven guide shows you step-by-step how to study effectively and make the best of your time - whatever level you′re at. Whether you are going to university straight from school, a mature student, or an overseas student studying in the UK for the first time, you′ll find out how to:
- Sail through those tricky first weeks
- Get the most out of lectures by understanding how you learn
- Learn techniques for academic writing and research
- Pass exams with flying colours
- Stay cool and cope with stress.
Practical and interactive, this edition features six brand new chapters to arm you with even more essential skills including how to produce a dissertation, planning your career and focusing on building relationships with lecturers and other students to help you get ahead.
Visit the Essential Study Skills Companion Website
Launched with this edition is an improved and expanded companion website. Don′t miss the extensive range of guidance and resources for both students and tutors, including video tips, study packs, practice exercises and other tools for you to use in both your preparation and actual work.
SAGE Study Skills are essential study guides for students of all levels. From how to write great essays and succeeding at university, to writing your undergraduate dissertation and doing postgraduate research, SAGE Study Skills help you get the best from your time at university. Visit the SAGE Study Skills website for tips, quizzes and videos on study success!
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About the Author
Tom Burns, always interested in theatre and the arts and their role in teaching and learning, led the Hainault Action Group setting up adventure playgrounds and devising Community Events and Festivals for the local community. Whilst still a student Tom set up and ran the first International Dario Fo Festival – with symposium, theatre workshops for students and local people and full dramatic performances by the Fo-Rame theatre troupe of The Tiger’s Tale and The Boss’s Funeral.
Tom Burns is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Learning Development actively involved in the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (www.aldinhe.ac.uk). Some time ago he, along with Sandra Sinfield, developed the student-facing Study Hub (www.londonmet.ac.uk/studyhub) and the staff-facing Take5 website and blog (http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/take5/), the latter offering engaging and innovative learning, teaching and assessment practices to support staff with learning development work.
Working in the Centre for Professional and Educational Development at London Metropolitan University, she continues to develop learning, teaching and assessment innovations with a special focus on engaging praxes that ignite student curiosity and develop power and voice.
Sandra Sinfield has worked as a laboratory technician, a freelance copywriter, an Executive Editor (Medicine Digest, circulation 80,000 doctors) and in the voluntary sector with the Tower Hamlets Research and Resource Centre and with the Islington Green School Community Play written by Alan, Whose Life is it Anyway?, Clarke and produced at Sadler′s Wells.
Sandra is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Learning Development actively involved in the Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (www.aldinhe.ac.uk). Some time ago she, along with Tom Burns, developed the student-facing Study Hub (www.londonmet.ac.uk/studyhub) and the staff-facing Take5 website and blog (http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/take5/), the latter offering engaging and innovative learning, teaching and assessment practices to support staff with learning development work.
Working in the Centre for Professional and Educational Development at London Metropolitan University, she continues to develop learning, teaching and assessment innovations with a special focus on engaging praxes that ignite student curiosity and develop power and voice.
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