ABSTRACT

This guide will help you to survive and thrive during your degree and on into the workplace. Everything you do at university can be useful in your career. Packed with practical hints, study tips, short cuts, real-life examples and careers advice, the new expanded fourth edition of this book is an invaluable resource throughout your geography, earth science or environmental science studies.

This book provides guidance for successful study on many topics including:

  • Starting as a student
  • Being an effective researcher
  • Presenting information effectively in posters, presentations, essays and reports
  • Time management, well-being and ethics
  • Field and laboratory work
  • Assessment and feedback


Written in an accessible style, this guide also explains the role of the academic, and how it differs from that of a school teacher. It prepares you for the world of work by showing how the skills you learn at university today can be used in your career choice of tomorrow.

part Section 1|88 pages

Getting started, keeping going

chapter 1|16 pages

Transitions – essential info

chapter 3|11 pages

Balancing study, work and fun

chapter 5|15 pages

Random useful stuff

chapter 6|15 pages

Careers and employability

part Section 2|66 pages

Transforming your learning, becoming more academic!

chapter 7|8 pages

Threshold concepts – difficult stuff

chapter 8|14 pages

Creativity, innovation and thinking

chapter 9|6 pages

Listening

chapter 10|9 pages

Effective reading

chapter 11|10 pages

Making effective notes

chapter 12|14 pages

Constructing an argument

part Section 3|62 pages

Capturing evidence

chapter 13|11 pages

Research – searching for evidence

chapter 14|13 pages

Acknowledging sources

chapter 15|9 pages

Ethics and plagiarism

chapter 17|12 pages

Discussion

part Section 4|94 pages

Assignments and assessment

chapter 18|22 pages

Effective essay skills

chapter 20|3 pages

Abstracts and executive summaries

chapter 21|3 pages

Reviewing papers and books

chapter 22|9 pages

Presentations

chapter 23|8 pages

Posters and display stands

chapter 24|18 pages

Examinations and revision

part Section 5|20 pages

Field activities

chapter 26|4 pages

Fieldtrips

chapter 27|7 pages

Presenting maps, sketches and data

chapter 28|4 pages

Answers