Below are some easy to print handouts and checklists which you can use to help improve your study: Activity: Personal skills review – A focusing questionnaire Activity: Hopes and fears Study tips checklist

These journal articles have been chosen to give you a deeper understanding of the topics covered in this chapter and to help you read more widely. Click on the link below to access the journal article.

Skills, Learning Styles and Success of First-year Undergraduates, Judy Goldfinch and Moira Hughes, Active Learning in Higher Education, November 2007; vol. 8, 3: pp. 259–273

The Hungry Mind: Intellectual Curiosity Is the Third Pillar of Academic Performance, Sophie von Stumm, Benedikt Hell, and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Perspectives on Psychological Science, November 2011; vol. 6, 6: pp. 574–588

Student video: Z to A is student video about their university experience

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mnZ1vfzgMI&feature=share

Twelve dozen places to educate yourself online http://www.marcandangel.com/2010/11/15/12-dozen-places-to-self-educate-yourself-online/

LearnHigher bursary project – the secret of our success http://prezi.com/ssuuvqkdx9uz/uni/

Student Conference: This is a record of a conference on successful studying – and on getting a good job – that we held at our university. Look through for information to help you right now. Offer to organize and run such an event at your own college or university http://www.catsconsulting.com/getahead2010/

Readers are urged to set up their own reflective blogs. Here are some from other students:

Student Cycle blog http://www.thestudentcycle.co.uk/

Online Literature Review Blog http://onlinelitreview.blogspot.com/