Academic Skills podcast from Newcastle University

Disability support

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 18:08:50 GMT

Eszter Racz and the Academic Skills team talk about support for students with disabilities at Newcastle University in this podcast episode. We hear from two students who share their experience and from our guest experts who provide some useful strategies as well as highlighting the support available to students.

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Types of assessments

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:00:20 GMT

In this episode of our podcast series Eszter Racz and the Academic Skills team discuss the types of assessments students are likely to face at their time at Newcastle University, we hear from students and experts about the types of assessments students are given and also how to tackle these.

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Finding resources

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 13:21:41 GMT

Eszter Racz and the Academic Skills team talk about finding resources in this episode. Finding good quality sources is so important in Higher Education, however, sometimes it can be quite daunting when faced with lots of results after you've done a search. This episode talks to students about how they've approached searching for materials and our experts share their strategies to help you refine and optimise your search as well as telling you where to begin the search process.

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Time management

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:00:08 GMT

Our podcast series created by Eszter Racz and the Academic Skills team at Newcastle University continues with a look at time management. We talk to students about the various methods they use to manage their time, and our experts share tips and trick to help you stay on top of your workload.

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Academic writing

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 11:56:08 GMT

In the first episode in our podcast series created by Newcastle University's Academic Skills Team and Eszter Racz, one of MSc Journalism students we talk about academic writing. We uncover with the help of our students and some guest experts, what it is, how to do it and how it might be different to types of writing you may have done before. We also advise on how to approach academic writing and where you can find more advice and tips.

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