Study or academic skills help you to become a more effective, efficient and successful independent learner. Effective study skills will help you become more effective now and in the future.
Although academic or study skills may not be mentioned specifically in your lectures they underpin all your academic activities.
Good study skills will help you to build positive strategies for support through your academic studies and help to focus your abilities.
Unfortunately most people are not born with great study skills. They must be worked on and developed over time. To gain these skills as quickly as possible, ask yourself:
If what you are doing does not work for you, the materials on this site will help you identify strategies that do. However, developing strategies is a trial-and-error process; you may have to try a few before you get the ones that work best for you.
You should practice these skills, reflect on them, and take on board and act upon the feedback from your assignments, to ensure that your strategies are really helping you to succeed.
If you want to build your skills but don't know where to start, we provide advice and materials to help you improve your skills.
