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Overview

These resources and guides will help you reflect on and develop your study skills and scholarship practice.

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Developing your English

Study packs on writing postgraduate assignments and grammar in academic writing, preparing for exams, plus a guide to English learning websites on reading, listening, vocabulary, talking and giving presentations.

Developing your English

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Effective exams

Tips and reflective exercises to help you revise and prepare for exams.

Effective exams

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Literature searching

Tips on doing a literature search, and links to further information from the library.

Literature searching

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Managing reading workloads

Advice for navigating and getting through all that course reading.

Managing reading workloads

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Writing at postgrad level

Guidance and resources on academic writing.

Writing at postgrad level

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Assignments: planning and drafting

Tips and resources and planning and refining your written assignments.

Assignments: planning and drafting

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Meeting academic standards

Advice to help you write to appropriate standards, and avoid plagiarism.

Meeting academic standards

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Critical thinking

Advice on what we mean by critical thinking, and further reading and resources.

Critical thinking

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Presentations and posters

Resources on designing academic posters and giving presentations.

Presentations and posters

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Using digital media

Digital media tools to help learning, studying, conducting and sharing research, and more.

Using digital media

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Books

Recommended reading both for general scholarship skills and for guidance on dissertation writing.

Books

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Study tips videos

Talking 'Eds: videos of Edinburgh postgraduate students sharing their experiences of studying.

Study tips videos

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Guides and Codes

University guidelines and Codes that apply to your studies here.

Guides and Codes


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