Support for Level 4

1. Academic Integrity in Assessment

Learn about academic integrity in assessment, including the importance of appropriate conduct, avoiding plagiarism, identifying collusion, and consequences for inappropriate behavior.

Student feedback...
"[I have learnt about] types of academic misconducts especially disguised plagiarism, collusion and self plagiarism."

2. Approaching your assessments: six steps to success

In Six Steps to Success you will learn how to prepare for and complete your assessments by breaking the process down into six smaller, more achievable steps.

Student feedback...
"[I have learnt that] Writing an essay is not all about jumping straight into it, the planning is just as important and will make the writing more successful."

3. Introduction to academic assessments

Learn about the type of assessments to expect at university and how to prepare for them, understand the difference between formative and summative assessments, and learn how to make sense of assessment briefs.

Student feedback...
"[I have learnt] the different ways to plan an assessment and pay attention to the assignment brief. Analyse and evaluate this document so you know what you are going to be writing about."

4. Find information and use it effectively: Use Reading Lists and Library Search to help with your assessments

At University you need to find academic information which isn't often available free on the internet. In 5 steps, this guide will help you find what you need.

Student feedback...
"[I have learnt] ​​​​​​​How to use the library search to get academic information, how to filter to get specific academic information needed for my assessments and how to locate citations for proper referencing using the school's approved referencing method, APA 7th edition".

5. Writing at University

Learn about the importance of using reliable evidence to support, explain and connect your ideas, and what to expect in terms of style, structure, clarity, writing with the reader in mind and the importance of proofreading.

Student feedback...
"[I have learnt] the importance of effective editing which I've typically not allowed much time for before. And to keep returning to the assessment question to ensure I stay on topic and have fully answered the question."

6. What is referencing and why do you need to do it?

Learn what referencing is, why it is important, the types of information you need to reference and how to identify what you are referencing.

Student feedback...
"I have learnt that there are different methods of referencing dependent on where the source of information was obtained."

7. How to create references using APA 7th style

Learn what the APA 7th edition style looks like in your work, how to use in-text citations, what your reference list is for and how to format your references.

Student feedback...
"Pretty much all of it was useful. It was really informative and I definitely feel confident in being able to reference properly now."

8. How to benefit from feedback

Find out how to recognise when you are receiving feedback in its different forms and how to use it to develop as a learner.

Student feedback...
"[I learnt about] owning feedback instead of letting it knock your confidence, using it to my advantage instead of letting it hinder me"