Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 18 Minutes
Additional activities: 20 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Feel inspired and excited about what lies ahead at university 
• Reflect on their expectations for university life and academics
• Organise their own personal priorities and goals for their time at university.

Syllabus

• Your unique student experience
• The early days at universitiy
• Being successful at university or college

Author: Dr Camille B. Kandiko Howson
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Head of Student Engagement, King’s College London

Reviewer: Caitríona O’Driscoll
Research Assistant for The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 14 Minutes 
Additional activities: 5 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Understand some of the different functions of a university
• Reflect on the ways that universities contribute to the production of knowledge, culture, jobs and employment, communities, and the lives of individual graduates
• Consider the benefits of going to university for the wider world.

Syllabus

• Being part of a university or college
• Higher education and the wider world

Author: Dr Camille B. Kandiko Howson
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Head of Student Engagement, King’s College London

Reviewer: Caitríona O’Driscoll
Research Assistant for The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 27 Minutes 
Additional activities: 45 Minutes 

This module aims to help students:

• Adapt to the academic expectations at university
• Focus on what independent learning means and involves
• Learn how to take greater ownership of their work and take responsibility for their learning
• Consider different forms of learning at university and how to take part in them most effectively.

Syllabus

• Adapting to higher education
• Independent learning 
• Getting the most out of your experience

Author: Dr Camille B. Kandiko Howson
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Head of Student Engagement, King’s College London

Reviewer: Caitríona O’Driscoll
Research Assistant for The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 25 Minutes 
Additional activities: 40 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Explore exciting and innovative ways to engage with their university experience 
• Develop tools for building supportive relationships with peers
• Understand what support is available to help them succeed
• Identify where to go for advice and guidance if they face any challenges
• Reflect on the ways that different skills and experiences at university will contribute to their post-university lives.

Syllabus

• Getting involved
• Seeking support
• Life after graduation

Author: Dr Camille B. Kandiko Howson
Senior Lecturer in Higher Education and Academic Head of Student Engagement, King’s College London

Reviewer: Caitríona O’Driscoll
Research Assistant for The National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 18 Minutes
Additional activities: 20 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Consider forms of learning that they may encounter at university, and how these may relate to the skills they need to develop
• Navigate the different ways they will be expected to communicate and work online and how to behave appropriately
• Develop plans for completing assignments to the best of their ability.

Syllabus

• Different ways of learning and teaching
• Online learning and netiquette
• Taking assignments step by step

Author: Dr Eleanor Loughlin
Student Study Skills Coordinator in the Careers, Employability and Enterprise Centre, Durham University

Reviewer: Anthony Payne
Head of Student Services, University of Bath

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 27 Minutes
Additional activities: 30 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Identify how to find the information they need quickly and efficiently when in learning sessions, reading and taking notes
• Identify helpful ways to tackle and improve their academic writing skills
• Tackle presentation anxiety and deliver presentations with more confidence
• Develop a plan for conducting effective and fair group work
• Consider different forms of assessment and how to use tutor feedback to improve their work.

Syllabus

• Effective reading and note-making
• Academic writing
• Presentation skills
• Learning in groups
• Assessment and feedback

Author: Dr Eleanor Loughlin
Student Study Skills Coordinator in the Careers, Employability and Enterprise Centre, Durham University

Reviewer: Anthony Payne
Head of Student Services, University of Bath

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 18 Minutes
Additional activities: 20 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Better manage their time, their academic workload, and individual assignments
• Identify the study spaces and study times that work best for them
• Break large projects into more manageable steps or phases

• Deal with distractions and interruptions
• Plan their aims and objectives in a way that helps them maintain motivation throughout their studies.

Syllabus

• Managing your workload
• Managing your time
• Managing your study space
• Maintaining motivation

Author: Dr Eleanor Loughlin
Student Study Skills Coordinator in the Careers, Employability and Enterprise Centre, Durham University

Reviewer: Anthony Payne
Head of Student Services, University of Bath

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 21 Minutes
Additional activities: 20 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Articulate the meaning of academic integrity
• Recognise the value of academic integrity both within higher education and the wider world
• Understand how to demonstrate and uphold academic integrity in their work
• Identify plagiarism 

Syllabus

• What is academic integrity?
• Why does integrity matter?
• What does integrity look like?
• What is plagiarism?

Author: Dr David Mcilroy
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

Reviewer: Dr Mandy Asghar
Director of Academic Development, York St John University

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 31 Minutes
Additional activities: 15 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Understand the purpose of referencing and acknowledging others’ work
• Understand the difference between a citation and a reference, and how to incorporate both in their work
• Demonstrate awareness of the value of referencing tools
• Develop confidence and competence in paraphrasing
• Identify strategies for developing their own voice while engaging with evidence from other sources
• Review strategies for avoiding plagiarism in their work.

Syllabus

• Why referencing matters
• How to write citations
• How to write references
• Paraphrasing within safe boundaries 
• Finding your voice
• Using sources
• Strategies for avoiding plagiarism

Author: Dr David Mcilroy
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

Reviewer: Dr Mandy Asghar
Director of Academic Development, York St John University

Overview

Date published: Nov 2015
Core activities: 20 Minutes
Additional activities: 15 Minutes

This module aims to help students:

• Review potential sources of accidental plagiarism
• Ensure that references to others’ work are not misrepresentations
• Articulate the value of working in collaboration with others and ways to do this appropriately in an academic context.

Syllabus

• Accidental plagiarism
• Inappropriate paraphrase
• Misrepresentation
• Group work 

Author: Dr David Mcilroy
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University

Reviewer: Dr Mandy Asghar
Director of Academic Development, York St John University