Academic study skills guides for students with dyslexia

Six downloadable guides produced by Dyslexia Services covering: academic writing; dissertations; memory, revision and exam techniques; note taking and note making; organisation and time management; reading and research skills

Towards a Skills Audit: identifying your experience

A workshop session which looks at skills from an employers perspective. Slides plus link to Graduate Recruiters Association. Used in first small group class of info1010 - covers ground rules, career destinations, typical earnings,types of jobs and skills evaluation. Slides are reference for interactive discussions

Reading and research skills

University of Southampton, Dyslexia Services have developed a range of academic study skills resources available to download. This resource supports reading and research skills.

e-Research Methods Theme 2 Getting Started as a Researcher

In this theme you will work through a series of texts and activities and reflect on your view of research as well as the skills you are developing. Most activities are supported by textual or audio material and are there to stimulate your thinking in a given area. Through this theme you will have a broad understanding of what is expected of you, the skills you will be developing, the different approaches to research and the importance of developing a clear and mutually understood relationship with your supervisor.

Research Skills for 2009.doc

Used in Research Skills for Biomedical Science. This links to a set of Word and Powerpoint documents

Research Skills for Biomedical Science

This is a collection of PowerPoint and Word documents used to deliver a 10 ECTS module at HE4 level to PhD students in the School of Medicine.

1)Study Skills podcast - LG 4th Oct

First in a series of podcasts for study skills. LG resource for week beginning 4th October 2010.

Policy Skills for Web Scientists

Practical group based work on reading and interrogating evidence and writing policy briefings/critiques

An Interview with Stephanie Meakin of the Faculty of Health Sciences regarding developing leadership skills in students.

Mp3 format

Physics Information Skills

An introduction to high quality information resources and databases in Physics and related disciplines. Refers to resources of information and methods of searching them.

Programming Principles: Computational Thinking

In this session we look at how to think systematically about a problem and create a solution. We look at the definition and characteristics of an algorithm, and see how through modularisation and decomposition we can then choose a set of methods to create. We also compare this somewhat procedural approach, with the way that design works in Object Oriented Systems,

Study skills for MBA students

This resource provides links to a wide range of resources which are specifically focussed on the requirements of students registered for Masters in Business Administration programmes delivered online. The resource has been developed by OnlineMBAPrograms.org and is dated 2011.