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Your approach to learning off-campus

Start your learning journey: Orientation

Look into contacts and support

Understand off-campus learning

You as a learner

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

Maintain the effort

Assignment preparation classes

Improve your academic outcomes

Ask for a learning consultation

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?

Ask my lecturer for help

Looking at drafts

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

Be more strategic

What reading do I have to do?

Research my assignments

how do I conduct research

How can I organise my research?

Integrate the work of others

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?

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?

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?

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 people

Learning Support

Off-Campus Learning Centre

Lecturers and tutors

University support services

Connect with your learning community

Learning from others

Share your experiences

To use the list

Tips for using iDEas

Managing your iDEas messages

Using Business Source Premier

Using Expanded Academic ASAP

Unusual Referencing Examples

Using the catalogue

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