Course: Study UK: Prepare to Study and Live in the UK

Pre-arrival information and things you need to do on arrival We want to reassure you that universities are working hard to ensure that you know what to expect before you …

Well done for completing Week 4. Lead Educator, Brian Turner, will review the topics covered in Week 4 and the course as a whole. The video will be uploaded on …

One exciting aspect of joining a degree course at a UK university is that you’ll become part of the academic community. This community brings together students, lecturers, researchers and other …

Applying ‘thinking critically’ to your everyday behaviour Thinking critically is something that you probably do automatically every day. For example, imagine that you want to read a Study Skills book …

When you attend lectures, you’re usually with a large group of students, and there’s little or no opportunity for discussion. Seminars however, are small group sessions which give you the …

We will hold a Facebook live broadcast this week where you will have an opportunity to ask our Lead Educator, Brian Turner, your questions about studying and living in the …

In this Step, you’ll hear one of our educators, Liz Wilding, explaining how to use the FutureLearn features to get the most out of this course. As you play each …

We’re looking forward to working with you for the next four weeks. This course will help you prepare for your studies and get the most out of your time at …

You will receive feedback for the assignments you do; in some cases this will be formative feedback which means the work you do will not necessarily count towards your final …

When presenting theories or discussing findings from research, cautious language tends to be used. This is sometimes referred to a hedging. In the academic world knowledge tends to be developed …

In the previous Step Dr Parvaneh Tavakoli mentioned that the type of language used in academic writing and its level of complexity vary from one discipline to another. Despite this …

In this video Dr Parvaneh Tavakoli talks about differences in the language used in academic writing from one discipline to another, and about the support that is available to help …

We have a range of apps for you to try out this week, and as usual they reflect the varied topics we have covered: assessment and exams, writing, and getting …

Universities in the UK go to great lengths to ensure that the ways students are assessed, match the educational objectives, are fair to students, and produce reliable results. They also …

As discussed in Step 4.9, when you do any research at university and use it in your own writing it’s important to reference your sources. How do you cite these …