Online tutorials
Our range of online academic skills tutorials can help you to fulfil your potential while studying at Birkbeck.
Good study habits
- Organising yourself for study
- Time management
- Using assistive technology to organise yourself for study
- Getting to grips with your discipline
Reading and critical thinking skills
- Reading and making notes
- Reading for postgraduate study
- Summarising, paraphrasing and using quotes
- Summarising and paraphrasing critically
- Evaluating online resources
- Reading journal articles
- Reading journal articles using assistive software (disability and dyslexia)
- Critical thinking
Citation and referencing
- Introduction to referencing and plagiarism
- Successful academic references
- Using Zotero for referencing
Essay and assignment writing: process, planning, structure
- Essay writing: the basics
- Essay writing: research and planning
- Essay writing: writing and editing
- Reflective writing
- Planning and writing a scientific essay
- Writing an experimental report
Essay and assignment writing: Using mind-mapping software
- Keeping track of your essay resources using mind-mapping software
- Brainstorming for essay writing using mind-mapping software
- Mind-mapping for essay writing using assistive software
- Exporting your mind map
Essay and assignment writing: Academic writing style
Dissertations
- Framing your research question
- Writing a dissertation proposal
- Writing a dissertation 1: preparing your research
- Writing a dissertation 2: conducting your research - literature reviews and methodology
- Writing a dissertation 3: writing up and presenting your findings
- Writing abstracts for dissertations, research articles and conference papers
- Using assistive software to help write your dissertation or thesis
Exams
- Effective revision and exam preparation
- Using assistive technology to revise for exams
- Answering essay style exam questions
- Answering multiple-choice exam questions
Lecture and seminar skills
- Making the most of seminars
- Listening and making notes
- Listening and making notes using audio note takers (disability and dyslexia)