James is a first-year full-time undergraduate student. He has a part-time job (three evenings per week) and likes to play football at least twice a week. You do not need to reference common knowledge e.g. Tony Blair was the prime minister of the UK in 2004. There are standard methods of organising meetings in the workplace and this helps to make sure that the meeting is productive and there is no time wasting. Making it interesting In addition to the factual content of your presentation think about ways of making it interesting.

with the other team members this can result in a disjointed presentation that would appear to the audience in exactly the way in which it had been prepared.If you are nervous then do some deep breathing. • Let the audience know when you want to receive questions – during the How do I present a short quotation? Place double quotation marks (“ ”) around all words that are being quoted. You should also include any particular punctuation, spelling or italics of the original.

detail Relate narrate or tell, show the connections between things Review make a survey of, examine the subject carefully State write briefly and clearly the main points of Summarise give a concise account of the main points omitting detail module title, the date, the title of the lecture, and the lecturer. • Make sure you can read your notes. • Only use one side of the paper. This makes it easier to organise your notes for Group and team activities Many modules include group and team activities in which you will work with a number of other students on a specific task. This is an important part of the learning process as it enables students to get to know each other, learn more about a particular topic, learn from each other and also develop their team working skills. The ability to work in teams is an important skill that everyone needs for working on projects and in organisations. previously by another student. It is then unclear who has written a piece of work and this will be investigated to establish if it is the result of the use of unfair means. If it is found to be the result of the use of unfair means then penalties will be applied in the same way as if the work had been plagiarised. The school encourages students to share their understanding and learn collaboratively, however assignments are usually individual pieces of work and students should exercise caution in how they work together and help each other. Second, students should be aware that seeking to gain credit twice for the same work is also considered to be the use of unfair means. Thus if a student is found to have submitted their own work for a second time, and they have already been given credit for the first submission, then this will also be investigated and, if found to be the use of unfair means, penalised. Students who wish to refer to their own previous assignments should reference them as they would any other source, although they should realise that this may not be seen as a good piece of work by the marker if it does not answer the question being set. Any form of the use of unfair means is dishonest and is unacceptable. Therefore, the University has decreed penalties that reflect the seriousness of the matter. As a rule, the very least penalty you can expect to receive is zero or 0 marks for the module in question. Reassessment is often permitted for a first offence by a student in the early stages of their study, however the further you progress into your programme of study the harsher the penalty becomes, as it is assumed that you have had sufficient time to familiarise yourself with University procedures and what constitutes good academic practice. The right to reassessment may therefore not be granted. Should a student be proven to have committed a second breach of the code the penalty will be termination of the student’s programme of study unless there are good reasons to impose a more lenient penalty. You will not be permitted to continue with your studies at the University of Hull.This manual is a starting point to help you with your studies. Many students will complete a module that provides detailed guidance on academic skills, for example, the undergraduate module called Academic and Professional Skills or similar postgraduate modules. Other students may be introduced to these topics as part of an induction programme or research methods module. It is important to remember that as a student in HUBS you will have access to help and support from a number of different sources and these are outlined in the following section: