1. Surviving Your First Semester Louise Livesey Academic Skills Advisor This workshop will: − Provide basic information on who, where and what to access for course information − Suggest ways to organise yourself, your notes and course documentation − Describe how University learning differs from school and college study

2. Today’s Plan… 1.What is expected of you 2.Be organised 3.Use the technology 4.Transition into University study 5.Ask for help 6.Review and prioritise 7.Enjoy!

3. Administration Know which staff do what Read the small print: handbooks and other documentation: −Learning objectives −Marking criteria −Deadlines and rules −Reading lists −Course topics −Referencing rules −Seeing tutors Course staff are the first port of call 1.What is expected of you

4. Keep a timetable/diary/year planner Read and safely file all course documentation Keep your lectures notes etc. organised 2.Be organised 1 2 3

5. OctMonTuesWedThursFriSatSun Wk 1 Wk 2Lecture 3-4 Lecture 11-12 ASA workshop 4-5 Seminar 10-11Library research for essay Librarian App 1-1.30 Wk 3Lecture 3-4 Lecture 11-12 Seminar 10-11Work on essay draft Jenny’s birthday Wk 4Lecture 3-4 Lab practice 11-12 Seminar 10-11 ASA workshop 12-1 App with ASA re essay 10-11 Wk 5DirectedStudyWeekEssay Deadline 4pm Wk 6Lecture 3-4 Lecture 11-12 Seminar 10-11

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7. Make yourself aware of libraries, computing facilities etc. Find your way round the University website Find out what you can/can’t do online Find out what software/ programmes you will need to use Attend workshops/ get help sheets/ practice 3.Use the technology

8. Activity 1: What technology can help you? In pairs or small groups, make a list of technology/IT services that would help you in your studies 3.Use the technology 5

9. Blackboard E-mail (on campus and at home) Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Library: catalogue, online renewals, subject databases PC labs Software licences (SPSS, Virus etc.) University website – support services IT Workshops E-vision 3.Use the technology

10. Your learning is your responsibility Different styles of teaching Attend classes for university and subject information Less contact time Check your university e-mail and BlackBoard regularly Get together with other students on your course 4.Transition into University study 6 7

11. Don’t suffer in silence: let us know if you have queries/ problems There are no stupid questions Ask lecturers Contact your personal tutor Use student services 5.Asking for help 8

12. Activity 2: Quiz Read the quiz questions and the list of places or people or resources to get help. In pairs or small groups discuss who you would turn to in each of these situations. 9 5. Ask for help

13. Keep your plan up to date Be aware of what’s going on Review lecture notes etc. Be aware of, and implement, feedback Be selective 6.Review and prioritise

14. 7. Enjoy! Don’t forget to have a life! Make friends – on your course, in your halls, in Student Central, in activities Get involved Think about sports, societies etc. 10

15. Activity 3: Modelling fun Each pair or group has Play-doh and a box with cards in Each team member pick a card and model the word on the card – each word is a way of way of finding information WITHOUT SPEAKING The other team members guess the word 4.Keep in touch

16. Help is at hand! On-campus Counselling service Student Central near SU 30 minute chat Confidential Confidence; home-sickness; anxiety; stress; sleep problems; exam nerves www.bradford.ac.uk/counselling 01274 235750

17. Academic Skills Advice Service Where are we? Chesham Building B0.23 What do we do? Support undergraduate students with their study skills by running clinics and workshops, having bookable appointment slots, and enabling students to drop-in for Instant Advice. Who are we? Michael and Helen specialise in Maths Support; Lucy and Russell advise students on study skills; and I (Louise) deliver the workshops When can you come for help? Everyday both face to face and on-line How do I get in touch? Email: academic- skills@brad.ac.uk or website www.brad.ac.uk/academic- skillsacademic- skills@brad.ac.uk

18. 1–diary; 2 and 3–file; 6-connection; 7-puzzle; 8-climb; 11-question: Clip Art 4. Year planner from previous Academic Skills Advice Service PowerPoint Presentation 5: University of Portsmouth. Computer Suites. Portsmouth: University of Portsmouth [online] Available at: http://www.port.ac.uk/why-portsmouth/the-place/http://www.port.ac.uk/why-portsmouth/the-place/ [Accessed 11.6.2014] 9: Preuss & Knorr GbR. Lifesaver, red/white, 13.8 inches. Berlin: Preuss & Knorr. GbR [online] Available at: http://www.mare2.com/Lifesaver-red-white-13-8-inches-p1295.html Accessed [11.6.2014] 10: CutestCatPics. (2013) Bunny, mouse, kitten and puppy. CutestCatPics. [online] Available at: http://cutestcatpics.com/bunny-mouse-kitten-and-puppy /http://cutestcatpics.com/bunny-mouse-kitten-and-puppy / Accessed [11.6.2014] References

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