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Foundation Year Leadership and Technology Reading Lists  FDY3008

Innovation and Investigation Project

All the reading and resources from your modules, all in one place

Reading List Category
Resource Type
Lesson

Lesson 1

Key Text eBook

Dissertations and Project Reports: A Step by Step…

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Website

Suicide rates in city continue to reduce, latest…

by Wolverhampton City Council
Essential Resource Website

'Protect the vulnerable': Marcus…

by Rashford, M.
Essential Resource Website

The King’s Award for Voluntary Service

by The King’s Award for Voluntary Service
Essential Resource Website

About Ashoka

by Ashoka
Essential Resource Video

What It Means To Be a Changemaker

by Ashoka
Essential Resource Website

Teenage cadet and community saviour among the…

by Williams, K.
Essential Resource Video

Award winning ‘3 minutes to save a life’…

by West Midlands Combined Universities
Essential Resource Video

Sustainable Development Goals – Introduction

by UNSW eLearning
Essential Resource Website

The 17 Goals

by United Nations
Essential Resource Website

Awardees

by The King’s Award for Voluntary Service
Essential Resource Website

Why Rashford Wants Your Help This Christmas

by Froggatt, M.

Lesson 2

Key Text eBook

How to Complete a Successful Research Project

by McMillan, K. and Weyers, J.
Essential Resource Article

Identity and virtuality: The influence of…

by Garrido-Pintado, P., Garcia Huertas, J. G., and Leal, D. B.
Essential Resource Video

Henrietta Lacks, the Tuskegee Experiment, and…

by CrashCourse
Essential Resource Website

Code of Ethics and Conduct

by BPS Ethics Committee
Essential Resource Website

Top 22 online survey sites

by Keefe, J.
Essential Resource Article

'Trap life': the psychosocial…

by Reid, E.
Essential Resource Website

Qualitative Research: A Comprehensive Guide

by Survey Monkey
Essential Resource Website

Types of Quantitative Research

by Survey Monkey
Essential Resource Website

Research ethics guidance

by UK Research and Innovation

Lesson 3

Key Text eBook

The Study Skills Handbook

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Website

UK Poverty 2023: The essential guide to…

by Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Essential Resource Website

Vision, Mission and principles

by Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Essential Resource Website

Levelling Up the United Kingdom

by Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Essential Resource Website

How to find, define, and use your values

by Cozma, I.
Essential Resource Website

Search CRS Reports

by Congressional Research Service
Essential Resource Website

UN Sustainable Development Goals

by Loft, P., Walker, N., and Brien, P.
Essential Resource Website

Homepage

by European Parliamentary Research Service
Essential Resource Website

Long-term Plan for Housing: Secretary of State’s…

by Gove, M.
Essential Resource Website

About us

by House of Common Library
Essential Resource Website

About us

by House of Lords Library

Lesson 4

Key Text eBook

The Study Skills Handbook

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Website

Academic Integrity

by Arden University Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Video

UN Data Commons for the SDGs. Halftime

by Google
Essential Resource eBook

Dissertations and Project Reports: A Step by Step…

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Website

Partners - National Statistical Offices

by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Statistics Division
Essential Resource Article

Success factors of global goal-setting for…

by Hickman, T. et al.
Essential Resource Website

Learning Success Hub Workshops

by Arden University Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Website

STEM Skills

by Arden University Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Website

Fake or Real?

by The Guardian
Essential Resource Website

UN Data Commons for the SDGs

by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Essential Resource Video

Transforming the way we produce statistics

by Office for National Statistics (ONS)
Essential Resource Article

Says Who?

by Kim, A. and Dennis, A. R.

Lesson 5

Key Text eBook

Skills for Success: Personal Development and…

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Website

10 Innovations That Are Improving Lives

by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Essential Resource Video

Everyone can be creative | Shane Currey |…

by Currey, S.,
Essential Resource Website

Arden University Graduate Attributes

by Arden University
Essential Resource eBook

The Art of Creative Thinking

by Adair, J.

Lesson 6

Key Text eBook

The Study Skills Handbook

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Other

Better Criteria for Better Evaluation: Revised…

by OECD
Essential Resource Website

Find a grant

by Grants Management Function
Essential Resource Website

Get organized with Gantt chart templates

by Microsoft 365
Essential Resource Website

Apply for Grant Funding

by Morrisons Foundation
Essential Resource Video

Managing Charity Finances

by The Charity Commission
Essential Resource Video

1MillionShirts.org Trying to Donate 1,000,000 T-…

by 1MillionShirts
Essential Resource Website

The future for charities can’t be guaranteed if…

by Stowell, T., Baroness of Beeston
Essential Resource Video

Playpumps International

by National Geographic

Lesson 7

Key Text eBook

The Study Skills Handbook

by Cottrell, S.
Key Text eBook

Dissertations and Project Reports: A Step by Step…

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Website

The missing continent that took 375 years to find

by Gorvett, Z.
Essential Resource Website

Scientists discover continent that had been…

by Monaghan, B.
Essential Resource Other

Critical Thinking and Transferability (a visual…

by Reece, G.

Lesson 8

Key Text eBook

Critical Thinking Skills: Effective analysis,…

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Video

Example: 30-second pitch from an HR professional

by ACCES Employment
Essential Resource Video

PESTLE analysis

by CIPD
Essential Resource Video

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2013 QUT winner - Megan…

by TheQUTube

Lesson 9

Key Text eBook

The Study Skills Handbook

by Cottrell, S.
Essential Resource Video

The Benefits of Reflective Practice

by Health and Care Professional Council

Lesson 10

Key Text eBook

Success in Academic Writing

by Day, T.
Essential Resource Website

Assignment calculator

by Studiosity
Essential Resource Website

Office365

by Office365
Essential Resource Website

Understanding the Assignment

by Myers. K.
Essential Resource Website

Exams and assessment

by Arden University Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Website

English Language Hub

by Arden University Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Website

Academic Skills

by Arden University Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Website

A guide to submitting your assignments

by Arden University
Essential Resource Website

Extension Form (BL & DL)

by Arden University
Essential Resource Other

Academic Integrity and Misconduct Policy

by Arden University

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