Resources by Skill
Study Skills (33)
Active learning (PDF File | 126.3 KB)
Avoiding Plagiarism (PDF File | 4.2 MB)
Collaborative learning - Strategies to study productively with others (PDF File | 52.8 KB)
Developing originality (PDF File | 111.4 KB)
Developing vocabulary in Education (PDF File | 109.6 KB)
Exam day tips (PDF File | 110.5 KB)
Getting Started - 10 tips for a top first year (PDF File | 435.9 KB)
Group work in Environment Studies (PDF File | 67.4 KB)
Honours (PDF File | 3.3 MB)
Improving your Memory (Science) (PDF File | 110.7 KB)
Improving your memory for science students (PDF File | 340.6 KB)
Managing graduate course-work (PDF File | 120.6 KB)
Managing Graduate Study (PDF File | 3.5 MB)
Managing short answer exams in Science (PDF File | 112.0 KB)
Managing stress (PDF File | 108.0 KB)
Managing Time and Tasks (PDF File | 114.5 KB)
Motivation & postgraduate study (PDF File | 109.7 KB)
Multiple choice exams (PDF File | 341.4 KB)
Online discussions - Strategies for effective participation (PDF File | 52.9 KB)
Problem-solving exams (PDF File | 111.6 KB)
Problem-solving exams (PDF File | 343.6 KB)
Remembering facts for science students (PDF File | 122.6 KB)
Returning to Learning - 10 tips for mature age learners (PDF File | 383.3 KB)
Revising for exams (PDF File | 110.9 KB)
Study in Australia: The Study Abroad Student’s Guide to Success (PDF File | 826.5 KB)
Studying from a distance - 10 tips for regional and remote students (PDF File | 351.8 KB)
Studying in Australia - 10 tips for international students (PDF File | 449.4 KB)
Succeeding at problem-solving exams (PDF File | 49.3 KB)
Understanding and doing well in multiple choice exams (PDF File | 111.6 KB)
Working in Groups (PDF File | 108.2 KB)
Working smarter in Science (PDF File | 108.8 KB)
Working with a Supervisor (PDF File | 114.5 KB)
Writing essays in exams (PDF File | 110.7 KB)
Writing (30)
Academic Style (PDF File | 103.7 KB)
Annotated Bibliography (PDF File | 139.5 KB)
Beating writer’s block (PDF File | 87.8 KB)
Connecting and Reporting (PDF File | 62.9 KB)
Connecting Ideas (PDF File | 110.2 KB)
Developing clarity and focus in academic writing (PDF File | 107.5 KB)
Developing your vocabulary (PDF File | 112.2 KB)
Editing your writing (PDF File | 111.3 KB)
How quotation marks are used (PDF File | 62.5 KB)
Incorporating music examples (PDF File | 159.4 KB)
Incorporating sources (PDF File | 112.3 KB)
Punctuation (PDF File | 119.8 KB)
Reflective practice - For Education students (PDF File | 53.9 KB)
Scientific Research Reports (PDF File | 109.0 KB)
Site Visit Reports for Engineers (PDF File | 112.6 KB)
Tertiary Essay Writing (PDF File | 3.1 MB)
Thesis-writing for perfectionists (PDF File | 42.5 KB)
Undergraduate research reports (PDF File | 114.0 KB)
Using a Writing Process (PDF File | 169.7 KB)
Using Quotation Marks (PDF File | 145.1 KB)
Using tenses in essays (PDF File | 120.9 KB)
Using tenses in scientific writing (PDF File | 105.1 KB)
Voice in Academic Writing (PDF File | 123.1 KB)
Writing a Research Proposal - A guide for Science and Engineering students (PDF File | 110.9 KB)
Writing an abstract (PDF File | 118.7 KB)
Writing Engineering Design Reports (PDF File | 107.0 KB)
Writing introductions and conclusions (PDF File | 172.8 KB)
Writing Reflectively (PDF File | 113.6 KB)
Writing science laboratory reports (PDF File | 109.4 KB)
Writing successful essays (PDF File | 109.0 KB)
Speaking and Presenting (5)
Academic posters (PDF File | 173.1 KB)
Presenting at Conferences for engineering students (PDF File | 111.0 KB)
Presenting Your Research (PDF File | 110.8 KB)
Speaking Clearly (Consonants) (PDF File | 163.5 KB)
Tutorials - How to get the most out of ‘tutes’ (PDF File | 110.5 KB)
Reading (9)
Connecting and Reporting (PDF File | 62.9 KB)
Incorporating sources - getting the most of sources without plagiarism (PDF File | 53.2 KB)
Plagiarism and how to avoid it (PDF File | 70.7 KB)
Reading and note taking for science students (PDF File | 112.7 KB)
Reading Critically (PDF File | 110.7 KB)
Reading Effectively (PDF File | 108.8 KB)
Referencing Essentials (PDF File | 111.1 KB)
Taking notes from texts (PDF File | 161.2 KB)
Using sources and avoiding plagiarism (PDF File | 3.1 MB)
Language (5)
Academic style - Writing and speaking academically (PDF File | 48.7 KB)
Getting punctuation right (PDF File | 356.3 KB)
Improving cohesion (PDF File | 114.7 KB)
Remembering scientific terms (PDF File | 111.1 KB)
Using articles and tense (PDF File | 114.2 KB)