ESL

General Study Skills

Helpful advice on how to improve your language skills and develop your English language within an academic context.

Valuable information on skills to help you succeed at university.

SLU Publications:

SLU Publications:

| Listening | Writing | Speaking | Grammar | Vocabulary | Pronunciation | Dictionaries |

| Introduction | Taking Notes in Lectures | Giving Oral Presentations | Useful Study Skills Resources |

Additional online resources

Additional online resources

Academic Writing

Reading

This is a basic overview of the main issues in academic writing: understanding the question, finding the information, writing critically, avoiding plagiarism and writing accurately.

Click here for an overview of the academic writing process.

Introduction to some of the main issues and challenges in reading at university, along with some advice on how to improve your general reading skills.

SLU Publications:

SLU Publications:

Understanding and researching the question

| Analysing the Question | Intros and Conclusions | Notetaking | Working Plan | Information Finding |

Composing

| Writing Critically | Referencing Systems | Referencing | Avoiding Plagiarism | Process Words | Parapgraph Writing | Essay Checklist | Editing and Proofreading |

Writing Genres/ Types

| Annotated Bibliographies | Case Studies | Essays | Journals | Literature Reviews | Reports |

| Introduction to Academic Reading | Reading Resources |

Additional online resources

Additional online resources

Maths

Exams

Useful advice in given here on how to improve your basic communication skills within the context of mathematics. Four communication skills are discussed: reading, writing, listening and speaking.

Useful advice on preparing for and sitting different types of university exams.

SLU Publications:

SLU Publications:

| Introduction to Maths |

Communication

| Intro to Communicating Maths | Listening in Maths | Speaking in Maths | Reading in Maths | Writing in Maths | Seeing the Bigger Picture |

Problem Solving

| Basic Operations | Revising Basic Skills | Problem Solving Overview | General Problem Solving Strategies |

| Basic Revision Strategies | Multiple Choice Exams | Open Book Exams | Using Past Papers |

Additional Online resources

Subject-specific resources

Drug Calculations

Research

Information is given here on completing research assignments, whether at UG or PG level, and how to approach such a task.

SLU Publications:

| Postgraduate students | Introduction to research | Types of references |

Additional online resources