On most courses, especially in the humanities, you will be asked to attend seminars and tutorials. These are a vital part of a university education, but, like many students, you may be unsure how to turn them to your full advantage. This session will look at the role of seminars and tutorials in university teaching, and will offer hints and suggestions for making the most of them. On many courses you will be asked to make a presentation to other students. This session will look at their role in university teaching, and will offer hints and suggestions for writing and delivering effective presentations.
Many students struggle with the reading that is connected to their course.
Reading lists often appear insurmountable and students can often become demotivated. This session focuses on reading as part of an academic course and looks at techniques for improving reading speed, problems most commonly faced by students and how these might be overcome and reading in a way that best suits the academic context. This session runs in the summer term alone, and is timed such that it can be of much use to students as possible, in the run up to their exams. This period of time is stressful for everyone and this sesison looks at ways in which the revision period before exams can best be used. This session attempts to assuage the worries and anxieities that students most commonly experience at this time.