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UK life and study expert Studying in the UK The essential guide to your university success Dr Trevor J. Price
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UK life and study expert
Studying in the UK
The essential guide to your university success
Dr Trevor J. Price
UK life and study expert
The essential guide to your university success
• All the essentials that you need to move you from an average to an outstanding student.
• Help you start your new academic life.• Help you avoid fatal mistakes• Enhance your opportunities• Greatly improve your chances of success.
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You’ve done it!
You’ve got the. . .
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enthusiasm
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You’ve done it!
You’ve . . .. . . got time out of your hectic life
. . . negotiated time off work. . . got time away from your family commitments
. . . left home
Reflect - this shows what you can do when you put your mind to it!
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Some expectations of a graduateSkills Capabilities Attitudes Qualities
Budgeting Analytical thinking
Responsive Objectivity
Citations Teaching & instructing
Ethical Honesty
Decision making Argument analysis
Discretion Self-confidence
Document design
Effective thinking
Responsible Assertiveness
Drafting & editing
Information needs
Persuasive Openness
Essay writing Evaluation techniques
Self-awareness Determination
Financial management
Problem definition
Visionary Finisher
Interpersonal communication
Managing projects
Research orientation
Motivator
Letter writing Team working Self-development
Experimentation
Meeting deadlines
Understanding group dynamics
Self-control Reflective
Negotiation Contextualising Inter-disciplinary
Self-evaluative
CULTURAL DIFFERENCES
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Your behaviour affects your grades
• How would you behave at your first day at work?
• During the first few days of university, a formal (rather than no, or an overly friendly) way of communicating with people is best.
• Avoid using ‘Hey!’ or ‘Hi there!’• The person addressed may suggest an
alternative
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Your behaviour affects your grades• Don’t ask a professor to
work during weekends or out of hours.
• Emailing requests on Friday afternoons & expecting a response by the following Monday is unrealistic.
• For the best response, give people sufficient working time to fulfil your request.
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How would you describe . . .
bribery cheating
impersonationdeception
plagiarism
sabotage
fabrication
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Academic dishonesty• Bribery: Giving assignment answers or test answers for money.• Cheating: Any attempt to give or obtain assistance in a formal
academic exercise without due acknowledgment.• Deception: Providing false information concerning a formal
academic exercise—e.g. giving a false excuse for missing a deadline.
• Fabrication: The falsification of data, information, or citations.• Impersonation: Taking a student's identity with intent to
provide an advantage for the student.• Plagiarism: Using someone else’s work without
acknowledgment.• Sabotage: Acting to prevent others from completing their
work. E.g. cutting pages out of library books or disrupting experiments.
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An overwhelming experience• At the start you will may be reeling with all the
new stuff you have to take in.Don’t worry - this is normal!
• The best thing to do is realize you feel this way. – Try to hold on– Don’t do anything that you may regret later.– Talk to university staff who can help explain your
options or offer solutions.– You are not alone in your feelings.– The sooner you talk to someone about this, the easier
it will be to make things better.
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Tools that help
1. Effective reading2. Being organized3. Using resources well4. Speaking the language
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Effective reading
• To learn you need to read!
• What is the purpose for reading?
• What do you need to achieve?
• Skim, scan or detailed reading?
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Good organisational skills
• WORKING SPACE– comfort– space– appropriate resources
• Get organised• Stay informed
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Shelving• K
eep a shelf just for study materials
Course box files• U
se this to store anything linked to the course
• Regularly throw out what you don’t need – this allows you to easily find things
'Current work‘ folder • U
se this to carry what you're currently using
• Each week put what you don't need each day into the course box file
Check timetable & work plan every day• A
dd other useful info, e.g. email addresses
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University resources
• The university wants you to learn new things, be successful and to graduate.
• To help you do this, there are specialists on hand to help:– Library– Students’ Union– Finance– Medical and Faith Centres
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Jargon and gobbledygook• University’s use jargon• Every course has
specialized terminology• You’ll need to
understand colleagues when you graduate!
• Use a glossary
