Skills for Learning Podcast Archive
The podcast episodes for the current academic year can be found on the podcast page.
The Skills for Learning Podcast explores a variety of academic skills topics such as essay writing, plagiarism and statistics.
Episode list
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Academic Writing
Duration: 9 minutes
Play:How does academic writing differ from other forms of writing? Find out more by listening to Academic Skills Tutors, Max McMurdo and Michael Shields, discuss the structures, conventions and expectations of academic writing including the different formats of essays, reports, dissertations and reflective writing.
Categories: Academic Communication
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Academic Writing Style
Duration: 13 minutes
Play:How can you develop confidence in your academic writing? Who are you writing for? Academic Skills Tutors, Max McMurdo and Michael Shields, consider good and bad models in discussing good academic writing style and the importance of precision, clarity and an understanding of your 'audience'.
Categories: Academic Communication
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Analysing research data - Part 1
Duration: 7 minutes
Play:Are you collecting data for a research project? Do you know the difference between metric data and ordinal data? Find out more by listening to Academic Skills Tutor, John Taylor, in conversation with two students who need help with understanding the different types of quantitative data.
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Analysing research data - Part 2
Duration: 7 minutes
Play:In Part 2, John Taylor, Academic Skills Tutor, explains the importance of significance tests, the null hypothesis and the p-value (or probability) in analysing your statistical data.
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Avoiding Plagiarism
Duration: 6 minutes
Play:How exactly would you define plagiarism? Learning advisers from Skills for Learning, Karen Croft and Maria Kulas, talk to a student about what is meant by the term plagiarism and how to avoid committing plagiarism in your own work.
Categories: Academic Communication
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Essay Writing - Originality and Essay Style
Duration: 7 minutes
Play:Academic Skills Tutors, Michael Shields and Max McMurdo, discuss how important originality is and the use of the first person in essay writing with recent graduate Sarah Hotchkin.
Categories: Academic Communication
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Essay Writing - Starting Your Essay
Duration: 8 minutes
Play:Academic Skills Tutors Michael Shields and Max McMurdo talk about essays with recent graduate Sarah Hotchkin, covering issues such as interpreting essay questions, reading lists and literature searches.
Categories: Academic Communication
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International Students
29th April 2013
Duration: 8 minutes
Play:International students talk about their experiences of studying at Leeds Metropolitan University. Listen to how they adapted to university life here and their advice on studying and living in the UK.
Categories: International Students Personal Development
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Student Confidence
Duration: 7 minutes
Play:Academic Skills tutors Michael Shields and Stevie Farrell discuss strategies for maximising confidence when studying at University. They consider the different ways lack of confidence can manifest itself and the resources available at universities to help.
Categories: Personal Development
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Time Management - Student Comments
Duration: 7 minutes
Play:Do you manage your time effectively? Listen to Leeds Met students talking about their time management problems and the different ways in which they cope.
Categories: Personal Development
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