Table of contents

• Home
• Approach
  • Start your learning journey: Orientation
    • Look into contacts and support
    • Understand off-campus learning
    • You as a learner
    • Be strategic
    • Your individual approach
    • Make use of Learning Support resources
    • Orient yourself to assessment
    • Avoid isolation
  • Update your skills
    • Update your IT skills
    • Independent learning approaches
    • Organising study
    • Research skills
    • Postgraduate learning
    • Grammar
  • Maintain the effort
  • Assignment preparation classes
• Improve
  • Ask for a learning consultation
    • FAQs
  • Recommended resources
    • Search for resources
  • Independent study
    • What is 'Independent learning'?
    • What does 'Independent' mean?
    • What does 'Independent thought' mean?
    • What is critical thinking?
    • Undergraduate versus postgraduate
    • Approaching postgraduate coursework studies
    • Maintain effort and motivation?
    • Reduce feelings of isolation
    • Deal with the study blues
  • Organising your study
    • Improve my approach
    • Stop falling behind
    • Organise my time
    • Be ready for exams
    • Incorporate study into my life
  • Interacting with lecturers
    • How do I get in touch?
    • What can I discuss?
    • When is the best time?
    • Face-to-face?
    • Ask my lecturer for help
    • Response times
    • Looking at drafts
  • Assessment
    • Improve my marks
    • Assess my probable result
    • Being 'more critical'
    • Write more critically
    • Different marks
    • Understand my mark
    • Handle examinations
    • Organise multiple assignments
    • Be more strategic
    • New assessment task
    • Failed an assessment task?
    • Dropping grades
  • Reading
    • Be more strategic
    • Understanding
    • What reading do I have to do?
  • Research
    • Research my assignments
    • how do I conduct research
    • How can I organise my research?
    • Integrate the work of others
  • Writing
    • How do I format my assignments?
    • What does my lecturer mean by 'critique'?
    • How can I write more 'academically'?
    • How can I improve my writing?
    • How do I write assignments?
    • How can I improve my use of punctuation?
    • How can I improve my grammar?
    • How should I structure my report or my essay?
    • What does a good introduction look like?
    • What does a good conclusion look like?
    • When should I use headings?
    • What is the difference between an essay and a report?
    • How can I improve my argument?
    • What is a literature review?
    • What is a thesis and how do I write a thesis?
    • How do I integrate my experiences into my assignments?
  • Plagiarism
    • What is plagiarism?
    • How can I avoid plagiarism?
    • When can I share my ideas with others?
    • How can I use the ideas of others?
    • Using the work of others
    • Taking a position
    • Critically expressing the work of others
    • Where can I get help to avoid plagiarism?
  • Referencing
    • What is referencing?
    • How do I reference correctly?
    • How do I use the work of others?
    • How do I know what referencing style to use?
    • What is the difference between a reference list and a bibliography?
    • How do I cite a non-book reference correctly?
    • How many references are enough?
  • Grammar
    • How do I improve my grammar?
    • Why should I improve my grammar?
  • Academic English
    • How can I improve my English language use?
    • How can I improve my use of academic language?
  • Postgraduate study
• Contact
  • Learning Support
  • Off-Campus Learning Centre
  • Lecturers and tutors
  • University support services
• Connect
  • Learning from others
  • Share your experiences
  • Share iDEas
    • To use the list
    • Tips for using iDEas
    • Managing your iDEas messages
• HandyRefs
  • Library Guides
    • Art & Design
    • BusEco
    • Education
    • IT
    • Nursing
    • Psychology
    • Science
    • Using APAIS
    • Using Business Source Premier
    • Using CINAHL
    • Using Expanded Academic ASAP
    • Using Psycinfo
    • Unusual Referencing Examples
    • Research guide
    • Study skills
    • Using the catalogue
  • Rough Guides
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    • BusEco
    • Education
    • History
    • IT
    • Nursing
    • Psychology
    • Science
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