Survival Guides and FAQs

Survival Guides and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are a great place to start helping yourself to improved Learning, Language and Research Skills. These handy information sheets are downloadable and are also available in the LL&RS Resource Area at Student Services, Level 2 of the Guild building at Crawley campus.

• FAQs ** New!** include answers to frequently asked questions on writing reports, using sources, avoiding plagiarism and using voice.
• Building Blocks Survival Guides cover topics such as grammar skills, writing essentials and conversation skills.
• Communication Skills Survival Guides give a good overview of topics such as public speaking, group work, seminars, taking notes and speaking in tutorials.
• Essays and Assignments Survival Guides are very popular and cover issues such as literature reviewing, introductions, conclusions, building an argument and lab reports.
• Projects and Research Survival Guides cover topics of interest to all students involved in the research process. The Guides cover topics such as thesis writing, literature reviewing and choosing a supervisor.
• Reading and Thinking Survival Guides cover a wide range of issues such as effective reading, critical thinking, avoiding plagiarism and mind-mapping.
• Study Skills Survival Guides will help students with all sorts of generic skills such as time management, active learning and exam techniques.
• Technology Topics aim to guide students through online issues such as networking in Facebook, using RSS for studying and navigating the UWA online environment

Please email us at study.smarter@uwa.edu.au to obtain a rich text format (rtf) copy of any of these Survival Guides or FAQs.

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