Useful Links
Advice at York St John University
If you think you might have dyslexia please see the Dyslexia Support page for further
advice. A wide range of support and
guidance is available to help you throughout your course
at York St John University.
Some Additional Resources and Websites
Books
Stella Cottrell, The Study Skills
Handbook, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan Press
Stella Cottrell, Critical Thinking Skills:
Developing Effective Analysis and Argument, Basingstoke,
Palgrave Macmillan Press
Websites
CAPLITS – Centre for Academic and
Professional Literacies, Institute of Education, University of
London: This is a very useful site providing advice and
guidance on writing essays, critical reviews and dissertations.
http://caplitswritingcentre.ioe.ac.uk/
UEfAP
– Using English for Academic Purposes: A Guide for Students in
Higher Education by Andy Gillett. This is a good guide to
academic writing. http://www.uefap.com/writing/writfram.htm
Learn
Higher - The Learn
Higher Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) is
a partnership of
16 Universities, led by Liverpool Hope University. Resources
are available in 20 Learning Areas including among others academic
writing, group work, time management, critical thinking and
numeracy and statistics http://www.learnhigher.ac.uk/
English as a lingua franca: an online
tutorial - This tutorial is aimed at raising
awareness about English as an international language.
Students working on class projects in mixed language groups
sometimes say that that they have ‘communication problems’. If this
is a problem that you experience, it may be useful to go through
this tutorial with someone who has a different first language than
your own. http://www.englishlinguafranca.com