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Skills for Higher Education

Academic Credits

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Key Features

Module for Continuing Professional Development
Stand-alone module and is a compulsory module on most of the Foundation Degree Programmes
15 Credits at level 0 or 1

This is a module focused on study skills and will useful to anyone who wants to improve in this area in order to be successful in higher education. The module gives you the opportunity to assess your strengths and weaknesses and work on the areas you need to improve on.

What you do

Module detail ia as follows:

Research. What is it and why it is important?
Library and information services.
Writing skills. The difference between essays and reports. Harvard referencing.
Presentation skills. Practicalities of preparing and giving presentations.
Reflection as a learning process.
Becoming a critical thinker.

Where next?

You may like to study another module at level 1. Alternatively you may feel ready to move your study up to level 2 and we have a wide range of modules available for you.

Have you also considered?

Our wide range of undergraduate modules are available in our Lifelong Learning brochure (PDF, file size: 1.01MB) .

Fact File

Qualification:	Academic Credits
Faculty/School:	Faculty of Health
Location:	Princess Royal Hospital Telford, Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, Stafford Campus
Course Start:	September
Course Length:	8 weeks
Attendance:	Half and full days spread over 5 to 8 weeks
Entry Requirements:	None
Application:	Faculty of Health
Fees and Bursaries:	£160