Academic Skills
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Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is the most important academic activity to practice accurately. It is the foundation of building a rich discussion of research within your assignment.
Advisably, you need to read and understand the literature, extract the most useful 'key areas' and then re-write that information into your own words.
Proofreading
After writing multiple drafts and referencing the information, you should proofread your work. Proofreading gives you a chance to correct mistakes, fix referencing errors, decrease or increase word-count and cross-check to see if your work meets your assignment criteria. Don't just focus on the language and grammar, but make sure that your work covers important information first.
Dissertations
Your dissertation needs to be structured according to the advice given by your supervisor, but sometimes it's up to you. Therefore, your dissertation needs to be arranged with main-chapters; Formalities, Intro, Literature Review, Methods, Primary Research (Data Analysis), Conclusions. Once you have your 'skeleton structure', you can begin to work on each heading, filling them in with smaller sections neatly breaking-down your dissertation into easy-following areas.
Presentations
Being confident and a good speaker is 80% of success to deliver an interesting presentation. However, the 'other' 20% requires planning efforts to support you 'on the day' of your presentation. You need to have a 'plan B' and be prepared for answering unexpected questions. Be an expert on your topic, but always deliver the criteria that your markers (lecturers) want to see.
Researching
Before you start your research, you need to know what you're looking for. Check your assignment criteria guidelines and find out which sources you need to use and which questions you need to answer, or understand what topics to cover. Then, you need to read your source's contents page, find relevant chapters and capture the most useful information. Next, after reading, you can begin finding (identifying) relationships between different sources or key-points.
Professional CVs
After you graduate, you will be looking for that perfect job, start your working career or just temporarily find a reasonable job for now. Your CV must be unique for each job you apply for, tailored around the job description and highlighting your key skills that they are looking for. Always recognise all of your experiences, skills, and qualifications as being 'VALUABLE'. Link it all to the job. Don't lie about anything, but do exaggerate points, and always justify or back up those points with evidence (There is no smoke without fire).