Learning at University

Be a successful independent learner

Learn about the expectations of study at higher education level, the skills needed for independent study, how to actively participate in, and take control of, your learning and your responsibilities as a learner in relation to engaging with your studies online and face to face.

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Reflective practice

Explore the benefits of regular reflective practice and how it can help you to achieve academic and professional success. You will be introduced to a range of reflective models to help strengthen your practice.

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Developing your confidence for studying at University

Learn what academic confidence is, how confident you feel with your studies right now, tips for becoming more involved in your group, classes or research and you will create your own action plan of strategies to try to boost your study confidence.

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Overcoming procrastination

Learn how to notice when you may be procrastinating, strategies you can use when you feel yourself procrastinating so that you can get started with, or continue, your tasks. You will also develop your own personal action plan to form a toolkit of strategies you can use when you experience procrastination.

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Time Management

Learn what time management is and why you need to do it, how to prioritise tasks, time management techniques and avoiding procrastination.

• Estimated duration is 20 minutes.

Developing academic resilience

Learn what academic resilience is and how it can help you succeed, how resilient you are as you begin your studies with us and how to approach your studies with confidence and resilience.

• Estimated duration is 40 minutes.

Read, take notes and use academic information in your assessments

Learn best practice tips for getting the most out of reading for academic purposes, identify different note taking strategies and know how to use the academic information your have found in your assessments. 

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Overcoming perfectionism

Learn how to identify perfectionism, strategies you can use when you feel yourself experiencing perfectionism so that you can get started with, or continue, your tasks. You will also develop your own personal action plan to form a toolkit of strategies you can use when you experience perfectionism.

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Staying motivated with your studies

Learn strategies that you can use to help you feel motivated with your studies.

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Professional communication

Learn when and why to use different methods of communication, and how to develop communication skills to use throughout your studies and future career.

• Estimated duration is 20 minutes.

Approaching your presentation

Learn how to: plan a presentation, create good slides and deliver your presentation with confidence.

• Estimated duration is 20 minutes.

How to benefit from feedback

Learn how to recognise when you are receiving feedback and how to use feedback to develop yourself.

• Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Learning to Learn at University

Learn about your learning preferences, the difference between surface and deep learning, different ways of thinking about and approaching your learning and how to develop a learning mindset.

• Estimated duration is 25 minutes.

Teaching methods

Learn about the different methods of learning and teaching that will be used on your course, what you need to do to prepare for taught sessions and how your teaching is organised.

• Estimated duration is 10 minutes.

Belonging at Salford: celebrating diversity

Learn about Salford's diversity ethos, what to expect when you arrive including meeting new people and reaching out and finding your Salford.

• Estimated duration is 40 minutes.

Dealing with change: wellbeing for life

Learn about the importance of balancing your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health and develop strategies to help you balance your wellbeing.

• Estimated duration is 40 minutes