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Study Skills Elsewhere

There is a wide-range of materials available on study skills.  The following websites may be useful for you to review in order to identify techniques and ideas which can help you in your studies.  Please note that the majority of these links are for external websites and we are unable to guarantee their availability or accessibility.

UK institutional resources

Non-UK institutional resources

Additional resources

  • BBC - these  materials are aimed at  distance/part-time learners.
  • BizEd materials (JISC funded project).  May be suitable for those students who are studying on programmes which require numeracy skills.
  • Mind tools
  • Group Work - LearnHigher have produced some materials to help you understand and overcome the challenges of group work
  • Numeracy, Maths & Statistics -  LearnHigher have produced materials to help you with numeracy, mathematics and statistics.  These materials are aimed at all students.