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Skills for University
This section will be updated soon. In the meantime, please do make use of the resources below.

The following are skills you will need for university. All these skills are just as useful for college - get into the habit of using them now, and you'll be set for university!
- Skills4Uni - University of Birmingham
- Getting the most from lectures File
- Reading lists File
- Active note taking File
- Essay planning File
- Analysing questions and writing effective answers File
- Process and command words in essay questions File
- Time management / Create a good study routine File
- Time management: a practical guide to planning your time File
- Coping with exam stress File
- Tips for managing your stress File
- Study Skills site URL
- Budgeting for University URL
  
  This site helps you to think and prepare a budget before and during university so that you can plan your income and expenditure more carefully and not get stressed by money matters when you're meant to be focusing on your studies.
- Open University Study Guides
  
  Below are a selection of study guides created for Open University students. They are a useful resource for your current studies at AS and A level, as well as interesting reads in preparation for University study.
- Revising for Examinations File
- Develop Effective Study Strategies File
- Reading and Taking Notes File
- The Sciences Good Study Guide (Part 1) File
- The Sciences Good Study Guide (Part 2) File