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 …
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 …
In this article, you will learn how to apply critical thinking to your daily activities and studies. Thinking critically is something that you probably do automatically every day. For example, …
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 that 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 …