The Skills Pod

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for  The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. In this episode we discuss Independent Learning: what it is and our experiences of starting/restarting our independent studies at university. This episode features Emma Venables and Anthony Cliffe. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for an episode of  The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us discuss Critical Thinking: what it is and ways you can incorporate criticality into your academic reading and writing. This episode features: Liz Johnson, Lisa Rhys, Emma Venables, and Anth...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for a podcast on The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us discuss receiving feedback. This episode features: Craig Morley, Emma Venables, and Anthony Cliffe.  Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for a podcast on The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us discuss Resilience. This episode features: Emma Venables, Anthony Cliffe, and Liz Johnson.  Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for this special edition podcast episode on The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. In this episode, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma Venables and Lisa Rhys are joined by Fran Shollo, Andrew Firr, and Luisa Goncalves Rosado from Chester Business School to discuss Academic Integrity.    Follow us! @AcadskillsU...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for a podcast on The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us discuss Revision and Exam Preparation. This episode features: Emma Venables, Lisa Rhys, Mikayla Holmes, and Anthony Cliffe. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and fo...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for this special edition podcast episode on The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. In this episode, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma Venables and Tony Cliffe are joined by Wendy Garner and Michael Bird from The School of Education to discuss Planning and Critical Paragraphs.  Please note: this podcast was re...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for this special edition podcast episode on The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. In this episode, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma Venables and Tony Cliffe are joined by Wendy Garner and Michael Bird from The School of Education to discuss Reading and Critical Thinking.  Please note: this podcast was recor...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for a podcast on The Skills Pod . Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us discuss Time Management and our strategies for juggling multiple tasks and deadlines. This episode features: Liz Johnson, Tony Cliffe, Emma Venables, and Mikayla Holmes. Follow us! @Acadskill...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for a podcast on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuits, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us discuss the things which scared us at University and advice for making it less scary.~This episode features: Liz Johnson, Tony Cliffe, Emma Venables, and Mikayla Holmes. Follow us!...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for a podcast on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us discuss beginning/resuming university study. ~This episode features: Liz Johnson, Tony Cliffe, and Emma Venables. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and fo...

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for a podcast on  'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax. Learn more about your Academic Skills Team as a group of us explore the music that helps us to concentrate to work, revise and think!  ~This episode features: Nicola Dyke, Emma Venables, Anthony Cliffe, Liz Johnson, Mikayla Homes and Laura...

Send us a message or feedback Join Lisa and Liz for a podcast on the Chester Blend on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Lisa and Liz give you tips and hints to take you into the new academic year. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!

Send us a message or feedback Join Liz and Natasha for a podcast on expectations of Postgraduate study on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz and Natasha give you tips and hints to take you through their experiences.       Running order of the Postgraduate podcast   0:01 Introduction to Natasha - undergraduate course and postgraduate course ...

Send us a message or feedback Join Liz and Katie, a film studies lecturer, for a podcast on writing, editing and assignments on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz and Katie give you tips and hints.     Running order of the writing and editing advice podcast  Writing about films Editing your writing Tips to get help with the editing process C...

Send us a message or feedback Join Liz and Sam from the SU for a podcast on referencing on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz and Sam give you tips and hints to take you through the expectations of referencing and the support the SU can give you if things go wrong.      Running order of the referencing advice podcast  The role of the SU Sam&...

Send us a message or feedback Join Nick, Mikayla and Liz for a podcast on quantitative data on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Nick and Mikayla take Liz through some of the planning and questions that need to be thought about before starting a quantitative project.    Running order of quantitative data Introduction to statistics Planning your...

Send us a message or feedback Join Nick and Liz for a podcast on developing your maths confidence on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz and Nick give you tips and hints to take you through their experiences of developing maths confidence.     Running order of the developing your maths confidence There are lots of different ways you may need...

Send us a message or feedback Join Liz, Shirley and Jen for a podcast on maths and resilience learning on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz, Shirley and Jen give you tips and hints to take you through their experiences of maths and  resilience learning and different tools that may assist you.      Running order of the maths and resilience l...

Send us a message or feedback Join Jen and Liz for a podcast on proofreading and editing on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz and Jen give you tips and hints to take you through their experiences of proofreading and editing, and different tools that may assist you.       Running order of the proofreading and editing podcast   Writing an ass...

Send us a message or feedback Join Lisa and Stacey for a podcast on warming up for study on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Stacey and Lisa give you tips and hints to take you through the steps of how to warm up for your studying.       Running order of the warming up for study podcast  ·          Getting into good habits  ·          Immersin...

Send us a message or feedback Join Jen and Mikayla for an introductory podcast on quantitative and qualitative research methods for assignments on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Mikayla and Jen give you tips and hints to take you through the introductory overview of research methods.       Running order of the Introduction to quantitative an...

Send us a message or feedback Join Jen and Liz for a podcast on reassessment for exams on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz and Jen give you tips and hints to take you through the reassessment process for exams.     Running order of the Re-assessment for exams podcast  ·       Reflect on exam score/ could you have done anything different to...

Send us a message or feedback Join Jen and Liz for a podcast on reassessment for assignments on 'The Skills Pod'. Grab your cup of tea and biscuit, sit back and relax whilst Liz and Jen give you tips and hints to take you through the reassessment process for assignments.       Running order of the Re-assessment for assignments podcast  ·       Process the results ·       Reflect ·       ...