Sort out key documents and information • Make sure you have your module handbooks • Identify key dates, including examination dates or submission dates for Science Quarterly, 29: 414-52. Noakes, Stephen, (1997), ‘Consumer spice’, Logistics Manager, (Nov. /Dec.), 6- This is the ultimate guide to study skills, written by million copy bestselling author Stella Cottrell. Her tried and tested approach, based on over twenty years' experience of working with students, has helped over a million students to achieve their potential.

that you have any inquiry or need to eliminate any substance recorded here if it's not too much trouble, go Many students groan when they receive a reading list and wonder how they will ever read all the books on it. You don’t normally need to read every book or indeed whole books. What you need to do is to identify and follow up key ideas. Well organised – arrange to meet at the same time/place on a regular basis, everyone attends, keep a record of their activities and agreed actions, monitor their progress against the deadline.Getting organised Once you have structured your presentation according to the permitted time schedule and created any additional presentational material, you can write the main points of it on plain postcards or use the notes feature of PowerPoint. However, the most common use of unfair means is plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use and presentation of somebody else’s work as though it were your own. This includes plagiarism of a colleague’s work, from a textbook, from the Internet, from a journal, or from other sources. Work in the right environment. You should be somewhere quiet where you feel comfortable. Choose a place where you will not be interrupted. Make sure that you are able to make good notes during the reading process. previously by another student. It is then unclear who has written a piece of work and this will be investigated to establish if it is the result of the use of unfair means. If it is found to be the result of the use of unfair means then penalties will be applied in the same way as if the work had been plagiarised. The school encourages students to share their understanding and learn collaboratively, however assignments are usually individual pieces of work and students should exercise caution in how they work together and help each other. Second, students should be aware that seeking to gain credit twice for the same work is also considered to be the use of unfair means. Thus if a student is found to have submitted their own work for a second time, and they have already been given credit for the first submission, then this will also be investigated and, if found to be the use of unfair means, penalised. Students who wish to refer to their own previous assignments should reference them as they would any other source, although they should realise that this may not be seen as a good piece of work by the marker if it does not answer the question being set. Any form of the use of unfair means is dishonest and is unacceptable. Therefore, the University has decreed penalties that reflect the seriousness of the matter. As a rule, the very least penalty you can expect to receive is zero or 0 marks for the module in question. Reassessment is often permitted for a first offence by a student in the early stages of their study, however the further you progress into your programme of study the harsher the penalty becomes, as it is assumed that you have had sufficient time to familiarise yourself with University procedures and what constitutes good academic practice. The right to reassessment may therefore not be granted. Should a student be proven to have committed a second breach of the code the penalty will be termination of the student’s programme of study unless there are good reasons to impose a more lenient penalty. You will not be permitted to continue with your studies at the University of Hull. The aim of this manual is to provide you with guidance on the academic skills needed for success on your programme of study.

Your work should be word processed. • Use fonts ‘Times New Roman’ or ‘Arial’. • Use font size of 11 or 12. • Use 1.5 line-spacing. • Leave an adequate margin on all four sides of the piece of paper. • Do not indent paragraphs but leave an extra space between them. • Long quotations should be in single line spacing and indented at both sides. • References should be in single line spacing and with a space between each http: //www.telegraph.co.uk>, accessed 8/6/95. In the second case i.e. material that is only available from the Internet then you will reference the material in the following manner:Decide when and where you will next meet. Most student groups find it best to have a regular meeting slot. rush off trying to locate vast amounts of information without having a clear understanding of what is being asked of you.

Planning your studies You may find it helpful to complete the following type of chart and to identify You may find that you need to re-write parts of your work. You may see that you have skimmed over an important topic and that you need to do some more research so that you provide a well balanced account. Time spent reviewing your work is likely to earn you additional marks as it will improve the quality of the final assignment.Spend some time after the lecture, or after you have finished reading an article, reviewing your notes. Ask yourself some questions.