1. Dr Michelle Reid, Study Advice michelle.reid@reading.ac.uk
Supporting academic success: Approaches and resources
Dr Michelle Reid, Study Advice
23/05/12

2. Success at university
Keenan, C. (2008). ‘The influence of institutional habitus on student transition and progression’. dent/transitiontohe(nxpowerlite)/
“It’s alright once you get used to the bizarreness of University”
(student quote)

3. Practices for academic success
How might you explain these concepts to students in your discipline?
Critical thinking
Argument
Use of evidence
Plagiarism
Where and when in the curriculum might your students learn these concepts?

4. Support to develop academic success
Peer learning
Self-access resources for students
Access to dedicated support services
Embedded support in subject teaching
For discussion:
What do you think works best – embedded support or stand-alone?

5. Skills or literacies? Study skills Academic literacies
“Remedial approach”
“Bolt on – separated from the learning process”
“Not developmental”
Academic literacies
“Developmental”
“Opportunities for reflection on knowledge creation / nature of knowledge”
“Integrated and embedded”
Wingate, U. (2006). “Doing away with ‘study skills’”. Teaching in Higher Education. 11(4) pp
Lea, M. & Street, B. (1998). “Student writing in Higher Education: an academic literacies approach”. Studies in Higher Education. 11(3) pp

6. Resources for academic success
Your chance to ask about resources
What do you need to know?
What might you pass on to your students?
How could you use these to develop effective learning?

7. Case studies: Possible study strategies to suggest?
Other services to refer student to?
Changes to teaching strategies?
Changes to assessment?
Anything else?