Lecturers’ views on referencing
Here is a video of lectures and other university teaching staff talking about referencing and plagiarism. Have a think about what they say in relation to the exercises you have …
Course: Preparing for University
Suggested answer for incorrect referencing
One way of avoiding repetitive referencing is to improve punctuation and use connectives. Here is a suggestion of how you could achieve this; The largest group of Old World ground …
Suggested answer to referencing exercise
Here is a suggestion with some explanations in bold as to why the references were inserted. Your version of this answer would just have indications of where a reference was …
A Referencing Exercise
One of the hardest things is knowing what needs to be referenced, and why. The point where you put a reference needs to indicate to the reader exactly what information …
Why you should reference?
One of the hardest things is knowing what needs to be referenced, and why. The point where you put a reference needs to indicate to the reader exactly what information …
Seminar about acknowledging the work of others
Watch this video of students discussing the issue of referencing and plagiarism and consider what your responses would be to the questions the lecturer is asking. Do you agree with …
Introduction
The aim of this unit is that you appreciate the importance of ideas and writing, to the person who initiated them and why it is so important to acknowledge the …
Self assessment questionnaire
Here is a paragraph which supplements the lecture on The Body Project from last week’s lesson. Think about it in terms of questions you asked yourself after listening to the …
Lecturers’ views on independent study
Here are some views of university lecturers on the process of independent study and revision.
Top tips from this week
Top tips this week. Independent study is about asking your own questions of material and then researching these questions. Discovering things about your own learning style allows you to work …
The Impact of Economic Inequality
The issue of economic inequality is a pervasive phenomenon that has for long concerned nations across the globe. The global call and action to eradicate inequality – in its various …
Preparing to read extra material about the inequality of wealth lecture
Put yourself in the position of an undergraduate student, having heard the inequality of wealth lecture from week 1, but now you need to supplement the information with your own …
Thinking about independent learning and revision
Revision starts right at the initial point of learning. Here are some students talking about note taking, independent learning and revision.
Finding information from a text
Have a look at this video in which Bob is trying to find material in a book. You need to assess what you might get from a book and consider …
Revision and lectures
Revision is about re-visiting material. It involves thinking about the information, synthesising it and beginning to understand concepts that are being explored. Attending and listening to a lecture is not …
