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Take control and change the way you approach your studies with this interactive workshop on effective time management.
Watch recordingPlan to create your best ever end of module assessment. In this interactive workshop we’ll guide you to exhibit your overall comprehension of a module at an appropriate level of detail.
Watch recordingFind 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.
Watch recordingThis workshop builds on the introductory workshop and is aimed mainly at Level 2 and 3 students. We will take a deeper look at critically analysing source material and identifying the most important elements for any argument or answer. The focus is on being critical in context, evaluating different approaches and being able to put them in perspective.
Share your tips for effective note-taking and discover new techniques to help you process, evaluate and recall important study material.
Watch recordingCritical thinking is a key academic skill – the benefits of developing your critical thinking and writing skills include being able to show why you have referenced something and demonstrating a robust level of understanding. Learn how to do it!
Find out more about how research and scholarship activities conducted across The OU feed into your studies to further enrich your learning and knowledge.
Watch recordingHave you ever been asked to write about someone else’s theory in your own words, and felt that you could never express it quite as well as the author themselves? In this SHL workshop we discuss how to deconstruct ideas in order to apply them to questions. We will also cover how to represent someone else’s writing in your own words.
Compared to focusing on an individual subject, interdisciplinary 'Open' study offers a much wider view of study and the world in general.
In this special Student Hub Live broadcast you will find out how to make the most of the opportunities that looking beyond a single subject can offer, as well as showing how you may have been doing it all along without realising.
Completing a degree is more than just learning information: you will be learning skills that will help you study and also in the workplace. The purpose of this event is to help you to understand how your FBL degree can help you develop in your current role or how to change to something new.
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