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Foundation Year STEM Reading Lists  FDY3010

Fundamentals of STEM

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

Reading List Category
Resource Type
Lesson

Lesson 1

Key Text eBook

Study Skills for Science, Engineering and…

by Maier, P., Barney, A. and Price, G.
Essential Resource Website

Topic: Futures Hub Homepage | Futures Hub -…

by Arden University
Essential Resource Website

Learning Success Hub Workshops | Arden Learning…

by Arden Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Video

STEM - What is it and why is it important?

by EarthScience WesternAustralia (ESWA)
Essential Resource Video

How to Mind Map in Miro (Tutorial + Tips)

by Facilitator School
Essential Resource Website

15 Active Learning Strategies and Examples

by McPheat, S.
Essential Resource Video

Sustainable Development Goals explained with 3…

by Sustainability Illustrated
Essential Resource Website

THE 17 GOALS | Sustainable Development

by United Nations

Lesson 2

Key Text eBook

Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers

by Wempen, F.
Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource Website

mpu6050-accleration.ino - Wokwi ESP32, STM32,…

by urish
Essential Resource Website

Traffic Lights - Wokwi ESP32, STM32, Arduino…

by Shemmell, P.
Essential Resource Website

Servo Demo - Wokwi ESP32, STM32, Arduino Simulator

by Shemmell, P.
Essential Resource Website

Display Binary - Wokwi ESP32, STM32, Arduino…

by Shemmell, P.
Essential Resource Website

Pick parts. Build your PC. Compare and share

by PCPartPicker
Essential Resource Video

Data-Information-Knowledge in 3 minutes or less

by KnowledgeMT
Essential Resource Website

ServoOverdone.ino - Wokwi ESP32, STM32, Arduino…

by koepel
Essential Resource Video

How exactly does binary code work? - José Américo…

by TED-Ed
Essential Resource Video

How To Build A PC - Step by Step (Full Build…

by TechSource
Essential Resource Website

Free Stock Photos, Royalty Free Stock Images…

by Pexels
Essential Resource Website

Part List - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, GeForce RTX 4080…

by PCPartPicker
Essential Resource Video

Low-Cost Multi-touch Whiteboard using the Wiimote

by Lee, J.
Essential Resource Website

HexEd.it - Browser-based Online and Offline Hex…

by Duttke, J.

Lesson 3

Key Text eBook

Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers

by Wempen, F.
Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource Video

Microsoft OneNote Tutorial: All You Need to Know

by David, L.
Essential Resource Website

Digital Capabilities | Arden Learning Success Hub

by Arden Learning Success Hub

Lesson 4

Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource Website

Disk Prices (UK)

by Legitimate Data Company
Essential Resource Website

Photopea | Online Photo Editor

by Photopea
Essential Resource Video

MP3 Bitrate Comparison - 8 to 320 Kbps (Epic…

by Parobiter
Essential Resource Video

How OneDrive Works: the Very Basics

by Ask Leo!
Essential Resource Video

SSD vs Hard Drive vs Hybrid Drive

by PowerCert Animated Videos

Lesson 5

Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource Video

A Packet's Tale. How Does the Internet Work?

by World Science Festival
Essential Resource Website

Networking Basics: What You Need To Know - Cisco

by Cisco
Essential Resource Website

UK Broadband Speed Statistics 2024 - Facts and…

by Beckett, M.
Essential Resource Video

What is the Internet?

by Code.org
Essential Resource Website

Internet Speed Test - Measure Network Performance…

by Cloudflare
Essential Resource Website

9 types of networks and their use cases |…

by Darah, D.
Essential Resource Video

Wireless Access Point vs. Wi-Fi Router – What’s…

by TSecc

Lesson 6

Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You…

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource Website

Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been…

by Hunt, T.
Essential Resource Website

Microsoft Outlook

by Microsoft
Essential Resource Website

Facebook Privacy Checkup | Facebook Help Centre

by Meta
Essential Resource Website

British Airways fined £20m over data breach

by Tidy, J.
Essential Resource Website

The Equifax case study from a UK perspective

by Denton, R.
Essential Resource Website

Email Cover Letter Example (With Steps and…

by Indeed Editorial Team
Essential Resource Website

Online Safety Act: explainer - GOV.UK

by Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Essential Resource Website

Welcome to GOV.UK

by HM Government
Essential Resource Website

Student membership | BCS

by BCS
Essential Resource Website

Case study: A student's perspective | BCS

by Simmonds, P.

Lesson 7

Key Text eBook

Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers

by Wempen, F.
Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You…

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource Website

Visualizing Data in Excel | DataCamp

by Ahmet, J.
Essential Resource Website

Data scientist | Explore Careers | National…

by National Careers Service
Essential Resource Website

Case studies from Graduate Data Scientists | Data…

by Office for National Statistics
Essential Resource Website

Unit for Future Skills - Jobs and skills dashboard

by Department for Education
Essential Resource Website

Quantitative vs. qualitative research

by Vinney, C.
Essential Resource Video

Qualitative vs. Quantitative UX Research

by NNgroup

Lesson 8

Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You…

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource eBook

Emerging Technologies: Value Creation for…

by Küfeoğlu, S.
Essential Resource Website

Verify | Content Credentials

by C2PA
Essential Resource Video

Spermbot could help solve male infertility -…

by American Chemical Society
Essential Resource Website

microsoft/Phi-4-multimodal-instruct · Hugging Face

by Microsoft
Essential Resource Website

Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum…

by Vallance, C.
Essential Resource Website

AR Experiments - Experiments with Google

by Google
Essential Resource Website

Here Are 6 Actual Uses for Near-Term Quantum…

by Genkina, D.
Essential Resource Website

Bitcoin Block 885744 | BTCScan

by BTCScan
Essential Resource Website

Bitcoin Transaction…

by BTCScan
Essential Resource Video

Chiara Decaroli: The high-stakes race to make…

by TED Talks

Lesson 9

Key Text eBook

Computing Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers

by Wempen, F.
Key Text eBook

Computing Essentials 2023: Making IT Work for You…

by O'Leary, T. J., O'Leary, D. A. and O'Leary, L. I.
Essential Resource Website

Examples - UXfolio

by UXfolio
Essential Resource Website

Quantifying the UK Data Skills Gap - Full report…

by HM Government
Essential Resource Website

UX Case Study: IKEA Place. Optimizing AR…

by Jiang, H.
Essential Resource Website

Biggest Data Breaches in the UK [Updated 2025] |…

by Chin, K.

Lesson 10

Key Text eBook

Success in Academic Writing

by Day, T.
Essential Resource Website

A Guide to Submitting your Assignments | Arden…

by Perry, B.
Essential Resource Website

Exams and Assessments | Arden Learning Success Hub

by Arden Learning Success Hub
Essential Resource Video

Understanding the Assignment

by Arden
Essential Resource Video

Institute of Foundation Studies L10: Getting…

by Arden

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