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Study skills: one-minute tips

Updated Tuesday, 9th May 2023

Check out our series of one-minute animations exploring revision tips, beating procrastination, what’s involved in a remote exam and other study skills.

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  • What is a remote exam?

    What is a remote exam?

    Remote exams are end-of-module assessments that you take in a location of your choice, using your own equipment. Find out more about them in this short animation.

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    Video

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Top tips for exam revision and preparation

    Top tips for exam revision and preparation

    How can you best prepare for an exam? This short animation gives you some top revision tips.

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    Video

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Beating procrastination with the Pomodoro Technique

    Beating procrastination with the Pomodoro Technique

    Short bursts of action can help motivate you while you study. This short animation tells you more about the Pomodoro Technique.

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    Video

    Level: 1 Introductory

  • Finding pockets of time to study

    Finding pockets of time to study

    Could you study while you wait, travel or do chores? This animation explains how to make the most of your pockets of time throughout the day.

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    Video

    Level: 1 Introductory

 

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    All my own work: exploring academic integrity

    Are you currently studying? This free course, All my own work: exploring academic integrity, is designed to help you build confidence in producing your own work for academic purposes. You will explore what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, and learn how and when to reference. The course also includes an interactive to work through, which will ...

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  • Succeed with learning

    Succeed with learning

    This course is for people who want to feel more confident about their learning skills. Informal in approach, the course builds on each person's own qualities, knowledge and skills to develop a deeper understanding of the nature of learning and of their own potential. It introduces some core ideas about learning and academic study, and some ...

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  • Revision and examinations

    Revision and examinations

    Do you get stressed at the thought of an examination? Does the idea of revision fill you with dread? This free course, Revision and examinations, will provide a host of tips to help you improve your revision and examination techniques and enable you to manage your time effectively by creating a timetable for your revision.

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