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

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Suitable for those who need help in preparing for, organizing, planning, scheduling, and writing the longest sustained writing project they have encountered, this book provides advice on working with dissertation advisors and committee members, and presents techniques for the prewriting and writing stages of the dissertation.

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'

Offering 35 tried-and-tested practical revision techniques that can be applied to any subject, this handy guide is suitable for those students who'd like to understand more about their memory and how to use it more efficiently. Also useful in preparation for GCSEs, AS, and A Levels, it provides helpful revision tips for Y9 SATs.

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.

Rowena Murray's How to Survive Your Viva provides a comprehensive overview of the Viva process. It is an essential guide to the oral examination that now forms an important element of the examination process at undergraduate, masters and doctoral level. It remains the only book to concentrate on this element of the doctoral examination. The key strengths of the current edition- its structure and .

How do I plan a dissertation proposal? How do I clarify my research objectives? How do I conduct a literature review? What is essential to focus on while writing my Master's dissertation? This practical book offers guidance to help Master's students to clarify their objectives and structure their work in order to produce a successful dissertation.

A guide to thesis writing.

Outlines the steps needed to increase your memory power and pass your exams. This book is aimed at those at school studying a foreign language or at university revising for an examination toward a degree. It shows a way to accelerated learning and aims to help you achieve top grades in any subject.

A guide to conducting a literature search and writing up the literature review chapter in Masters dissertations and in PhD and professional doctorate theses. It describes how to carry out a literature review in a methodical way, providing strategies for efficient reading, conducting searches, organising information and writing the review itself.

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.

Suitable for dyslexic students, this title includes a CD with tools and resources to help you plan your work, improve your skills, and boost your confidence. It contains advice on: planning your workload to fit your schedule; note-taking and note-making; reading strategies and speed reading; and, answering essay 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.