23 Things for Digital Knowlege
The University of Edinburgh’s 23 Things for Digital Knowledge is an award winning ( LILAC Credo Digital Literacy Award 2017 ) self-directed course. The programme seeks to expose you to a range of digital tools for your personal and professional development as a researcher, academic, student, or professional.
41 of the best podcasts for curious minds
Great list of educational podcasts to aid research and broaden knowledge.
5 Active Reading Strategies
5 Active Reading Strategies for Textbook Assignments - College Info Geek
5 tips to improve your critical thinking
Every day, a sea of decisions stretches before us, and it’s impossible to make a perfect choice every time. But there are many ways to improve our chances — and one particularly effective technique is critical thinking. Samantha Agoos describes a 5-step process that may help you with any number of problems.
6 things productive people do every day
Most Productive People: 6 Things They Do Every Day - tips from Eric Barker's 'Barking up the wrong tree' blog.
Academic Phrases
Useful phrases for various functions in an academic text (e.g. describing methods, classifying, comparing, comparing and contrasting).
Academic Style
Useful introduction to the features of academic style (formal vocabulary; being objective) with practice activities.
Academic style
In general, formal academic writing is: Serious and formal – NOT conversational Impersonal – NOT personal Intellectual and objective – NOT emotional Precise and concise – NOT vague and repetitive One way to achieve this is to remove I, we and you.
Advice for students: taking notes that work
Article from Lifehack.
All areas of grammar
A general resource for anyone whose first language is not English, looking at different grammar areas by level of language proficiency.
Balabolka
Free downloadable text reader for PC.
BBC Sounds
Save audio content from the BBC to listen to later, subscribe to podcasts and get fresh recommendations.
Being concise and focused
Writing concisely and clearly is a key element of successful writing. This Purdue site has good examples of what to avoid and advice on how to write concisely.
Being objective-Using 'cautious' language
This site presents ways of using 'cautious' language to help you make your writing more objective.Borrow from another library
If you cannot find what you are looking for on the library catalogue - find out how you can borrow books from other libraries or have journal articles delivered direct to your desktop.
Box of Broadcasts
Allows you to search for and watch a huge range of television and radio programmes.
Brainstorming Activities
15 creative exercises for generating ideas in teams.
Coggle
Coggle is a free and easy-to-learn mind mapping tool. Watch the Coggle video here.
Cornell Notes - Fillable Fields
Free, downloadable Cornell Notes template - this pdf file can be edited so you can type in notes.