Going to University: The Student Guide Book

This is an integrated and comprehensive guide to higher education. It explains the system, how you survive in it and how you can study successfully. Completely up-to-date and containing information on recent changes, it is both a manual on how to study and a book which puts studying at university in context. The authors, with long experience of working with first year undergraduates, 6th formers and mature students, explain how higher education is organized, how the system has developed, and how it is changing. They offer advice on how to apply and detailed guidance on the crucial practical issues - grants and loans, accommodation and time management. They analyze recent research on how students learn and review the practicalities of studying - libraries and reading, lectures and classes, writing essays and reports, handling a research project and passing exams. They conclude with advice on further study careers, developing life skills and deciding on a career.Read More