Covers various core skills. This title introduces the skills needed to succeed in Higher Education. It includes checklists, record sheets and practical activities.

How to write great essays covers everything a student is likely to need to research, plan and write academic essays and assignments that will get you great marks.

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How to write great dissertations and projects provides all of the tips and techniques that a student is likely to need to choose, research, write and present dissertations and projects that will guarantee you top marks.

Tony Buzan's techniques have been proven over many years and students will see immediate benefits across their memory, speed reading and general recall.

Producing a dissertation is a major requirement of an increasing number of courses. The dissertation is likely to be the largest single piece of work you'll be asked to produce. This guide guides you from start to finish through the whole process: planning a dissertation project, managing it, and writing it up.

Presents techniques that are used by productive writers, and applies them to the dissertation process. This book provides advice on working with dissertation advisors and committee members, presents techniques for the prewriting and writing stages of the dissertation, sets out a system for keeping on schedule, and advocates enlisting peer support.

The Exam Skills Handbook provides an easy-to-follow set of strategies and techniques that build to a plan for achieving your best possible exam performance. It provides practical step-by-step guidance in long-term planning for optimal performance through to last minute revision strategies.

An indispensable academic diary & planner that will to help any student to actively manage their life and studies whilst gaining handy, timely advise on studying, writing, budgetting and much, much more. Produced to a high-quality, spiral-bound and with a robust plastic cover, with a clear and accessible two-colour internal design, this planner will stand up to the everyday use and abuse that it'

How to Survive Your Viva

Offers practical suggestions so you can develop good study skills and build your confidence. This guide shows you how to: deal with 'academic-speak' and monster reading lists; choose and use an efficient reading and note-taking strategy; clarify awkward essay topics; find the right structure for your essay; and, avoid accusations of plagiarism.

This essential reference book has been written by experts and tested on students and will help any Higher Education student to focus their efforts, trouble-shoot any problems and thrive in their University studies.

Revised and updated for the third edition, this practical guide covers critical thinking skills for students.

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Will help Oxbridge applicants prepare for Oxbridge-specific admissions tests, with practice tests and advice on answering aptitude test questions.

A guide to the theoretical and practical aspects of the process of doing an undergraduate dissertation, equipping the reader with the skills necessary to plan, conduct and write up a research project successfully. It contains information and guidance on crucial issues such as ethics, research governance and appraising the quality of the evidence.

This book focuses on the skills and techniques that apply to essay writing and also covers other types of assignment such as posters, talks, PowerPoint presentations and web pages.

A guide to thesis writing.

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How to pass exams & assessment provides everything a student is likely to need to prepare for and perform well in all types of university assessment and examination.