Send us a message or feedbackJoin the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode, Emma and Anthony are joined by Senior Lecturers, Ruth Roxburgh and Sue Grave, from Nursing and Healthcare Education to discuss time management for students on placement. We chat about strategies for managing your time and finding a work-life balance that can support you in your studies. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!
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Dissertation Suite: Planning and Time Management for Longer Projects
Send us a message or feedbackJoin the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In the first episode of our Dissertation Suite, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma, Lisa, and Nicola, discuss Planning and Time Management for a Longer Project. They chat about the importance of setting mini-deadlines, factoring wiggle room into your overall schedule, understanding what’s expected of you, and taking time away from your project. You might also find it useful to listen to our episode on Powering Through Procrastination. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!
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Reading Strategies: Dolphin, Shark, Whale
Send us a message or feedbackJoin the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss academic reading strategies with a focus on dolphin, shark, and whale otherwise known as skimming, scanning, and deep reading. This episode features Liz, Lisa, and Emma.Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!
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Back to Basics: Paragraph Structure
Send us a message or feedbackJoin the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we go back to basics and talk about paragraph structure. We begin with a discussion about sandwiches (bear with us - it will make sense in the end!) before going through the components of a critical paragraph. This episode features Liz, Anthony, and Emma. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!
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Powering Through Procrastination
Send us a message or feedbackJoin the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we chat about procrastination. We discuss what procrastination is, why we procrastinate, and what strategies we've developed to try and tackle it. This episode features Emma and Liz. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!
Members of the University of Chester’s Academic Skills Team chat all things Academic Skills, sharing advice and anecdotes from their own experience in higher education. We have episodes on skills like referencing, critical thinking, maths and statistics, and time management. Listening to The Skills Pod is a great way to learn hints and tips to help you during your academic journey while getting to know the Academic Skills Team.
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