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Introduction
Learning Development offers guidance to all students on developing and enhancing the study skills, academic practices and attributes needed for independent and effective study in Higher Education.
Whether you've just started university, want to improve your marks, or are stuck on an assignment, Learning Development can help you develop the skills to approach your studies with confidence. Learning Development provides:
individual tutorials;
a wide range of self-help guides and e-resources;
skills development activities within programmes;
support for students with learning differences.
What can Learning Development help with?
Unpacking an assignment brief and understanding the question or task
Structuring an answer
Academic writing (essays, reports, literature reviews, dissertations etc)
Using appropriate academic vocabulary
Improving introductions and conclusions
Ensuring relevance, developing and maintaining an argument
Moving from descriptive to analytical writing
Skills for effective proof reading*
Spelling, punctuation and grammar
Sentence construction
Paragraphs
Referencing
Avoiding plagiarism
Research skills and methods
Effective presentation skills
Time management, organisation and planning
Locating reading materials
Using journal articles
Note-making
Mind-mapping
* Learning Development does not offer a proof reading service, but can help you develop the skills to do this yourself.
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