What is this topic about?

Your assessments will vary by programme and subject studied, ranging from traditional essays to exams, posters, podcasts, or presentations. When approaching an assessment, it’s essential to manage your time, resources, and environment for productivity.

These resources will help you discover your unique learning style and provide practical advice on writing effective answers to assessment questions.

Workshops

Proof-Reading

This workshop is designed to help you with the last stages of completing your assignments. It aims to walk you through the process of proofreading your own work, providing you with some hints and tips to improve your proofreading ability. 

After this session you may want to attend: Harvard/APA/OSCOLA Referencing Paraphrasing, A Guide to Synthesis 

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Reversing the Outline - How to edit your existing work

Before joining this workshop, you will need to choose an existing piece of work to edit, either a draft or a resubmission paper. You will then learn how to break down the work into paragraphs; carefully consider relevancy to the question; identify problems and themes; cut unnecessary parts and rearrange the whole piece together in an improved form. 

After this session you may want to attend: Harvard/APA/OSCOLA Referencing, Proofreading 

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Understanding the Assignment

In this workshop, we will look at ways to break down assignment questions to develop understanding and take time to practise the skills you need to start drafting clear and original responses to assignment questions.

After this session you may want to attend: Approaching Assignments, An Introduction to Critical Thinking

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Resources

Mini Modules
Exams and Assessment Skills Mini-Module
mini-module Resources
Draft Coach Quick Guide

Videos

Reading and Note-taking