1. From bolt-on to embedded: inclusive approaches to teaching study skills
Cath Senker and Clare Hardman
Study Skills, Careers and Employability Centre

2. In this workshop we will:
Consider the skills your students need to develop
Explore the challenges of teaching study skills to a diverse group and discuss solutions
Share examples of resources at Sussex to help students develop their skills
Share successful study skills activities and try some short skills teaching activities

3. Teaching study skills effectively
Timely
Relevant
Explicit
Everyone
Embedded

4. Skills Resources at Sussex
Skills Hub website
CEC Workshops on study skills and all aspects of writing
Better Writing Tutorials
Student Support Unit workshops
Academic Development and English Language
Student Mentors
Academic Advisors

5. CEC Spring 2017 workshops How do I reference correctly?
How do I integrate sources effectively?
How can I improve my academic writing style?
How do I devise my own essay question?
Writing at postgraduate level
How can I manage my time and avoid procrastination?
How do I prepare for my presentation?
How do I plan and structure my essay?
How do I write a good introduction and conclusion?
How can I develop a good argument in my essay?
Working on my postgraduate dissertation
Refining my postgraduate dissertation

6. Skills Teaching at Sussex

7. Introduction (c. 10%)
•Punchy first sentence – arouse reader’s interest
•Context: set the scene
•Explain how you interpret the question
•Define key terms
•Outline the issues that you are going to explore, in the right order
•Introduce your main argument
In small groups, students note every element in an intro on a sticky, then order the stickies. Invite students from different tables to share their ideas and discuss order of material in introduction. Visual approach - image of funnel - focus in from general to specific for intro. The opposite for the conclusion. Encourage them to consider how to adapt the model to their discipline.
Activity can be adapted for any ordering task: eg structure of an essay; process of work for dissertation; structuring argument; structuring paragraph. Apps and software can also be used rather than stickies.

8. Questions