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Study Skills

Study skills encompasses the academic and professional skills which enable you to succeed at university.

Study skills includes reading, note-taking, critical thinking, planning, writing, referencing, presentation, revision and examination skills. For economics students, they might also include mathematics and statistics.

This guide highlights a range of study skills courses, events and books available to economics students on transition to university, for assessments and examinations, and for dissertations and theses.

Library Online Courses

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Library Online Courses

The library has a range of self-study courses to support study skills from library inductions for new students, to support on your PhD journey, to mindfulness and meditation.

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Library Induction.

SAGE Catalyst and Research Methods

SAGE Catalyst - collection of 150+ study skills and research methods ebooks.

SAGE Research Methods - collection of books, videos and podcasts on quantitative and qualitative research methods. Also includes a Research Project Planning tool.

Get Started Finding Literature for your Assignments

A set of short introductory videos introducing to you to catalogue and database searching.