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LP10555: Study skills

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department for Health (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office)
Credits: 6      [equivalent to 12 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 120
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Academic Year at Action on Addiction
Assessment Summary: CW 40%, ES 60%
Assessment Detail:
  • Article Resume (1000 words) (CW 40%)
  • Essay (1500 words) (ES 60%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Description: Aims:
This Unit aims to provide consolidation of academic skills, and to develop these in order to complete the degree programme. It will help students to self-assess in key areas, and provide practical tuition and guidance in useful, relevant and portable skills. The unit aims to provide clear models of academic processes at an introductory level, and to improve students' understanding of their assignments.

Learning Outcomes:
Having completed this unit, students will be able to:
* Use word-processing software to create essays and other assignments.
* Access information from the World Wide Web.
* Organise and evaluate sources of information.
* Plan and structure written assignments.
* Understand reflective writing in an academic context.
* Understand and avoid plagiarism.
* Understand the purpose of references and use the Harvard system of referencing.

Skills:
Intellectual
* Â鶹´«Ã½ using printed and electronic literature. [TA]
* Analysis and classification of information. [TA]
Professional
* Using tutorial support to identify development needs.[T]
* Identifying and accessing study resources. [TA]
* Analysing own performance and responding to feedback.[T]
Practical
* Document writing and management. [TA]
Key Skills
* Using word-processing and internet browser software.[T]

Content:
This Unit is concerned with:
* Basic Information technology.
* Mining and organising material.
* Academic writing styles.
* Critical thinking and developing argument.
* Supporting arguments with evidence.
Programme availability:

LP10555 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
  • UHHL-KFF09 : FdSc Addictions Counselling (Full-time at Action on Addiction)

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
  • Undergraduates: .
  • Postgraduates: .