TUOLE

Learning Hub Guides

You are in control of your learning but to be effective you will require a very high degree of self-discipline. In Particular you need to:

• Understand the amount of work and time that you will need to set aside for the course,
• Develop a 'habit of study' with scheduled times to undertake the work when you will not be interrupted.
• Have a place to work.
• Produce and stick to a study plan and a schedule for completing the formative (self assessments) and the formal assessments for each module.
• Organise your books and notes.
• Produce a regular output of written work and make sure you are aware of and stick to deadlines for completion and submission of work.
• Regularly check targets.
• Maintain regular contact with your module tutor and programme leader.

Background Study

Although the course materials are largely self-contained, students are actively encouraged to read outside the material provided with their modules. Further reading can be both enjoyable and also help you to link together disparate aspects of the course. Many successful students will tell you that reading widely is a good way of improving your understanding of the taught material.

Essay/literature review-based reports

The essay must be written in clear and concise English, normally in the past tense, and should comprise: (a) Title; (b) Summary; (c) Introduction; (d) Main Body of Text; (e) Discussion with Conclusions if appropriate; (f) References.

Practical-based reports

The report must be written in clear and concise English, normally in the past tense, and should comprise: (a) Title; (b) Summary; (c) Introduction; (d) Methods; (e) Results; (f) Discussion with Conclusions if appropriate; (g) References.

Guidelines on Referencing & Citation

For modules delivered by the School of Science & Engineering you are required to use the Harvard System unless the module specification states otherwise. You will be given clear guidance if you are expected to use alternative referencing systems.  The School of School of Computing, Engineering & Digital Technologies has specific guidelines on referencing and citation available at https://libguides.tees.ac.uk/TUOLE/referencing

Abbreviations, Units & other details

Abbreviation should be defined at first mention in both summary and main text.

The University offers a wide range of support services to help you. Details are available here https://www.tees.ac.uk/sections/stud/support.cfm