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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss academic conduct: what it is, the foundations of good academic conduct, and strategies to maintain good academic conduct throughout your studies. This episode features Anthony and Emma. 

You might also find it useful to listen to our episodes on Paraphrasing and APA 7 Referencing. If you're a University of Chester student, you can get more information on Chester Students' Union's webpage on Academic Conduct. 

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode of our Dissertation Suite, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma and Lisa, and Maths and Statistics Adviser, Mikayla, discuss developing a research question. They chat about honing in on your topic, the importance of doing your research to help you identify your question, and figuring out the type of research you want to do. 

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode, Emma and Anthony are joined by Senior Lecturers, Ruth Roxburgh and Sue Grave, from Nursing and Healthcare Education to discuss time management for students on placement. We chat about strategies for managing your time and finding a work-life balance that can support you in your studies. 

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In the first episode of our Dissertation Suite, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma, Lisa, and Nicola, discuss Planning and Time Management for a Longer Project. They chat about the importance of setting mini-deadlines, factoring wiggle room into your overall schedule, understanding what’s expected of you, and taking time away from your project. 

You might also find it useful to listen to our episode on Powering Through Procrastination. 

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss academic reading strategies with a focus on dolphin, shark, and whale otherwise known as skimming, scanning, and deep reading. This episode features Liz, Lisa, and Emma.

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we go back to basics and talk about paragraph structure. We begin with a discussion about sandwiches (bear with us - it will make sense in the end!) before going through the components of a critical paragraph. This episode features Liz, Anthony, and Emma. 

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we chat about procrastination. We discuss what procrastination is, why we procrastinate, and what strategies we've developed to try and tackle it. This episode features Emma and Liz. 

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode, Academic Skills Adviser's, Emma and Anthony, chat to the team's work based learning students, Elly and Lucy. We discuss the project they have been working on, their experience of working with the Academic Skills Team, what they have learnt during their placement, and what skills they are going to take forward in their academic studies.  

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we chat to the University's Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Caroline Corcoran, about her role and how students can access support from her. As a published writer, Caroline also shares some tips for academic writing and editing. This episode features Emma, Liz, and Alice. 

If you're a University of Chester student you can book an appointment with Caroline by emailing: [email protected]. More information on Caroline and her books can be found here. 

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Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this special episode we chat about our recent success at the Educate North Awards and use this as a chance to reflect on The Skills Pod: why did we start the podcast? What's next? This episode features Anthony, Emma, and Liz. 

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