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Critical thinking questions
Questions to be used as a starting point for reading critically.
- Critical thinking questions (PDF 270.11 KB)
Criticality and Arguments
A guide showing areas to consider to improve your critical writing.
- Criticality and Arguments (PDF 148.13 KB)
Decision Tree: Tasks that might trigger procrastination
A tool to help you to identify tasks that you think may trigger procrastination. Use the tree to identify strategies to help you to get the work done.
- Decision Tree (PDF 126.31 KB)
Disaster recovery plan
Tips to get you back on track if you are struggling in an exam
- Disaster recovery plan (PDF 136.15 KB)
Evaluating information checklist
A checklist introducing the main criteria that can help determine whether or not you feel confident to use a piece of information as part of your studies.
- Evaluating information checklist (PDF 502.42 KB)
Exam timetable example
A example guide to help you plan your time within an exam
- Exam timetable (PDF 142.43 KB)
Feedback Action Plan Template
This template will help you to organise your feedback from each assignment so that you can find ways of feeding it forward.
- Feedback Action Plan Template (PDF 145.33 KB)
Final Year Project (FYP) guidelines for students
Information and guidelines to help prepare for a final year project.
- Final Year Project (FYP) guidelines for students (PDF 98.15 KB)
Flash card examples
Examples of flash cards to be used as memory aids in revision
- Flash card examples (PDF 208.94 KB)
Impress you examiners
A guide to help with writing in exams covering what examiners are looking for and also what they don't want to see.
- Impress your examiners (PDF 139.98 KB)
Judging your own work
A guide to help you analyse and evaluate how critical you have been in your writing.
- Judging your own work (PDF 357.7 KB)
Keyword search: improving your results
Tips on how to improve your keyword search results
- Keyword search: improving your results (PDF 208.91 KB)
Language and Style
A guide showing areas to consider to help give an academic voice to your writing.
- Language and Style (PDF 149.86 KB)
Minerva reading lists guide
Guide to using the Minerva reading lists tool.
- Minerva reading lists guide (PDF 206.41 KB)
Note taking or note making?
A guide to help you take and then make effective notes.
- Note taking or note making? (PDF 1.33 MB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Academic integrity and plagiarism
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Academic integrity and plagiarism (PDF 403.79 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Critical thinking
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Critical thinking (PDF 258.8 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Digital learning
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Digital learning (PDF 253.98 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Exam and revision techniques
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Exam and revision techniques (PDF 252.8 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Group work
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Group work (PDF 298.17 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Note taking
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Note taking (PDF 252.29 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Presentations
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Presentations (PDF 253.1 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Reading, Paraphrasing and Summarising
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
PASS/PAL session plan - Referencing and Endnote
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Referencing and Endnote (PDF 254.83 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan - Writing
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL session.
- PASS/PAL session plan - Writing (PDF 259.13 KB)
PASS/PAL session plan template
A template PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help plan and run a PASS/PAL sessions.
- PASS/PAL session plan template (DOCX 161.46 KB)
PASS/PAL Student Leaders term-time checklist
A checklist created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL sessions.
- PASS/PAL Student Leaders term-time checklist (PDF 186.24 KB)
Peer Support Icebreakers (University of Manchester)
A selection of resources useful to PASS/PAL student leaders from the University of Manchester
- Peer Support Icebreakers (University of Manchester) (PDF 970.18 KB)
Planning in paragraphs
A guide to help plan and structure an paragraph when answering an exam question
- Planning in paragraphs (PDF 134.71 KB)
Planning your PASS
A session plan created by and for PASS/PAL Student Leaders to help you plan and run your PASS/PAL sessions.
- Planning your PASS (DOCX 200 KB)
Procrastination buster
Use this decision tree to identify the tasks that might trigger procrastination and identify strategies to help you get the work done.
- Procrastination buster (PDF 126.31 KB)
Quick Guide to Essay Writing
A quick guide to essay writing exploring the reasons why tutors ask students to write essays.
- Quick Guide to Essay Writing (PDF 2.09 MB)
Reading and note making skills teaching resources
Use these materials to introduce students to different methods of note taking, how to be an efficient note taker and how to increase their speed reading.
- Tutor workshop PowerPoint (PPT 1.67 MB)
- Note taking lesson plan (DOC 146.5 KB)
- Abbreviations handout (DOC 170.5 KB)
- Cornell example handout (DOC 1.78 MB)
- Lecture notes handout (DOC 130 KB)
- Note taking template for books and journals (DOC 127.5 KB)
- Lecture summary template (DOCX 80.56 KB)
- 3 column template (DOCX 193.55 KB)
- Reading faster, reading more workshop PowerPoint (PPTX 523.86 KB)
- Reading faster, reading more workshop lesson plan (DOC 141 KB)
- Speed reading activity handout (DOC 134.5 KB)
Referencing teaching resources
Resources to help students understand what referencing is, why they should reference and how to reference using an approved style.
- Harvard crib sheet (PDF 125.83 KB)
- Harvard citations crib sheet (DOCX 148.04 KB)
- Numeric crib sheet (PDF 50.2 KB)
- Numeric citations crib sheet (DOCX 133.3 KB)
- MHRA crib sheet (PDF 173.52 KB)
- Example reference list Harvard (PDF 321.07 KB)
- Example reference list Numeric (PDF 315.25 KB)
- In-text citation teaching notes (DOCX 118.36 KB)
- In-text citations Harvard activity (DOCX 173.47 KB)
- In-text citations Harvard activity answers (DOCX 171.67 KB)
- In-text citations Numerical activity (DOCX 172.51 KB)
- In-text citations Numerical activity answers (DOCX 172.83 KB)
- Matching definitions activity (DOCX 102.68 KB)
- Matching definitions activity answers (DOCX 100.99 KB)
- Matching definitions activity teaching notes (DOCX 110.9 KB)
- Referencing skills voting activity (DOCX 105.71 KB)
- Why referencing activity teaching notes (DOCX 114.18 KB)
- Referencing workshop lesson plan (DOCX 122.39 KB)
- Referencing workshop tutor PowerPoint (PPT 827.5 KB)
Reflective writing - Sample learning log
An example of a reflective learning log used by science students taking a module called Science into Schools.
- Reflective writing - Sample learning log (PDF 193.74 KB)
Research and Referencing
A guide to including references to other sources of information in your academic writing.
- Research and Referencing (PDF 146.38 KB)
Researching People Organisation
An introductory guide and how to enrol on to the Minerva organisation "Researching People". Join the organisation if your research project methodology involves working with people.
- Researching People Organisation (PDF 480.51 KB)
Revising, Editing and Proofreading
Use these guides in your writing process to check for common errors, language used, formatting, references and citations, and much more.
- Revising, Editing and Proofreading (PDF 170.16 KB)
Revision planning template
A blank template for planning your revision.
- Revision planning template (PDF 132.44 KB)
Sample annotated bibliography
An example annotated bibliography from a tutor in the School of English at the University of Leeds.
- Sample annotated bibliography (PDF 358.05 KB)
Sample annotated bibliography
An example annotated bibliography from a tutor in the School of English at the University of Leeds.
- Sample annotated bibliography (2) (PDF 357.54 KB)
Structure and coherence
A guide to creating a well-structured piece of academic work which flows in a logical way is much easier for a reader to follow and understand.
- Structure and coherence (PDF 145.28 KB)
Understanding and Content
A guide to help you demonstrate your understanding of the topic of your writing and address the task at hand comprehensively.
- Understanding and Content (PDF 152.72 KB)
Using others' work
A chart showing the main characteristics of different methods you can use to incorporate others’ work into your own writing.
- Using others' work (PDF 366.19 KB)
Using the right instructional verbs
A guide to using the right instructional verbs in academic writing
- Using the right instructional verbs (PDF 166.67 KB)
What should you be thinking about prior to exams?
A quick guide to revision and exams
- What should you be thinking about prior to exams? (PDF 3.57 MB)
Working with others
A guide for good collaborative working practices
- Working with others (PDF 521.82 KB)
Writing a literature review teaching resources
Use these materials to provide students with an overview of how to write the literature review for their undergraduate dissertation.
- Literature review introductions handout (DOCX 104.58 KB)
- Literature review extracts handout (DOCX 105.91 KB)
- Literature review checklist handout (DOCX 103.64 KB)
- Literature review workshop lesson plan (DOCX 128.08 KB)
- Literature review workshop PowerPoint (PPTX 617.27 KB)
Writing an introduction
A guide to assist with writing an introduction to an essay.
- Writing an introduction (PDF 503.09 KB)