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Study skills workshop
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You have quite a few essays under your belt now and your marks are good but you know you can do better. You want to polish that essay and squeeze every last mark out of it. This workshop will help you gain some of those elusive hidden marks.


After the event, you can watch the recording HERE  (click on 'view previous recordings' button). 

Study skills workshop
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You have written your first essay or two and received some feedback but now you want to improve your essay writing skills. This is the workshop to help you take the next few steps.


After the event, you can watch the recording HERE  (click on 'view previous recordings' button). 

Study skills workshop
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Are you new to essay writing or coming back to it after a long time? This is the workshop for you to get your feet started on the right path.


After the event, you can watch the recording HERE  (click on 'view previous recordings' button). 

Study skills workshop
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Balancing a role as a carer and studying can be challenging. This session will help carers find out what support might be available in their local area and what support is available from the OU, with a focus on wellbeing.


After the event, you can watch the recording HERE  (click on 'view previous recordings' button). 

Study skills workshop
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“Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” Dwight D. Eisenhower. Planning is not something you just do it is a skill you develop. This workshop will help you to take your essay planning to the next level.


You can watch the recording HERE  (click on 'view previous recordings' button)

Study skills workshop
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“If the plan doesn’t work, change the plan, not the goal.” Find out how to use effective planning to formulate the best argument to address a set question, structure your points coherently, write effective introductions and conclusions.


After the event, you can watch the recording HERE  (click on 'view previous recordings' button). 

Study skills workshop
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Learn how to organise essential information effectively and structure essays to ensure that they align with the essay question. 


After the event, you can watch the recording HERE (click on 'view previous recordings' button). 

Live broadcast
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Get ready for our Freshers week social evening! Join Rob and Jacob in the ‘SHack of Laughs’ (not to be confused with a similarly named BBC2 quiz show).  Find out about the SHL Team, get your brain working, and get that sense of what it’s like to be part of the OU family!


The recording of the live session will be uploaded within 10 days after close of the event. Access by clicking on the 'play' icon thumbnails that will appear above this section or find on our SHL YouTube channel.

Live broadcast
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Discover the key systems and sources of support that will help you achieve your dreams and reach your goals as an OU student.


The recording of the live session will be uploaded within 10 days after close of the event. Access by clicking on the 'play' icon thumbnails that will appear above this section or find on our SHL YouTube channel.

Study skills workshop
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Find out how to understand, deconstruct and articulate other people’s ideas, and how to use them to answer questions or arguments in your own work.


After the event, you can watch the recording HERE  (click on 'view previous recordings' button). 

The slides for the event will be available HERE

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