The Pocket Guide for Students - Vanessa Parson

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Résumé :
Get the most out of your time at university with this essential guide to preparing for the experience you want.

This practically-focused text will support your transition to higher education, whatever your background, and however you plan to steer your journey. Packed full of advice, tips, and guidance, this is the only book to cover in one place the full range of issues you need to consider. It will help you understand how a degree programme works, know when and where to seek help, recognize the importance of mental wellbeing, stay safe online, and know how to negotiate the non-academic aspects of your degree. The author's lively, friendly, and reassuring writing style has been widely praised and is complemented by light-hearted yet valuable advice from current and former students.

Look no further for a supportive, inclusive, and insightful guide to university life.

Digital Formats and Resources

The Pocket Guide for Students is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.

The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks


The book is also supported by additional online resources. These are:

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Biographie:
Vanessa Parson is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sunderland, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Vanessa has been a programme leader and personal academic tutor for many years and works on university-wide teaching and learning initiatives alongside teaching across a wide range of subjects at all levels, specialising in perception and attention, the psychology of learning, the psychology of belief, and cyberpsychology. She is the author of Study and Communication Skills for Psychology (Oxford University Press, 2012, 2018) and has published several articles focussing on teaching and learning.

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Sommaire:

• 1: Introduction


• 2: The difference between university and pre-university


• 3: Finance


• 4: How a degree actually works


• 5: The first week: induction/freshers' week


• 6: Study


• 7: Accessing university support and looking after your mental health


• 8: Juggling the personal and professional sides of your life


• 9: Housing and housemates


• 10: Relationships and boundaries


• 11: Socialising and staying safe


• 12: Social media, safety, and digital security


• 13: Accessing support: an overview of support when you need it most