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Studying at a UK University: Help

Introduction

Studying at a UK University

Is this the first time you’ve studied at a UK University? Are you unsure about the differences between studying at a higher level in the UK compared with your home country? 

This guide will cover: 

  • the potential differences between studying in your home country and the UK 
  • skills that you need to develop to be successful at a UK university
  • how you can develop those skills 
  • what support is available  

 

Workshop 

Please see the recording below:

Studying at a UK University - recording of the workshop

 

Support materials

You can use this action plan to identify the main areas you need to develop for studying at university

This table gives you abbreviations and symbols you can use when taking notes in lectures and seminars.

These are the slides from the workshop

Further Reading

Click on the image to see additional useful resources

Link to online reading list of additional resources and further reading

Using material on this page