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'Teaching Personal and Professional Development in Higher Education, this book has been invaluable to me. The exercises are very well designed, follow a logical sequence, and students find them extremely useful. Working in conjunction with The Study Skills Handbook, I highly recommend this book.' - Amazon review
Reviews ofthe 1st edition:
'Excellent book, well constructed, a valuable learning resource for students.' - Department of Community Studies, Bradford College, UK
'This is a fantastic book packed with useful and interactive activities to enhance performance.' – Department of Social Work, Bromley College of Further& Higher Education, UK
'Clear, concise and excellent layout to make for an easier understanding and read.' – Business School, Middlesex University, UK
'I have found this book very useful in helping students construct their CVs/ applications. It is a useful teaching tool& a self-help guide.' – Faculty of Health and Social Work, University of Plymouth, UK
Reviews ofthe 1st edition:
'Excellent book, well constructed, a valuable learning resource for students.' - Department of Community Studies, Bradford College, UK
'This is a fantastic book packed with useful and interactive activities to enhance performance.' – Department of Social Work, Bromley College of Further& Higher Education, UK
'Clear, concise and excellent layout to make for an easier understanding and read.' – Business School, Middlesex University, UK
'I have found this book very useful in helping students construct their CVs/ applications. It is a useful teaching tool& a self-help guide.' – Faculty of Health and Social Work, University of Plymouth, UK
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Following-on from The Study Skills Handbook, this book enables students to think about personal, academic and career goals and to plan a path to success. Rich in activities that develop valuable career skills, this edition has a new chapter on Understanding your Personal Performance, and updated information on job applications.
If you are serious about succeeding on your course, The Study Skills Handbook is your essential companion. Based on over 20 years' experience of working with students, 1/2 million copy bestselling author Stella Cottrell helps you develop the skills you need to improve your grades, build your confidence and plan for the future you want. Her tried and trusted approach recognises that we each have a unique formula for success and that finding it is the key to reaching our potential. This book will help you to:
Use your learning style and existing skills effectively.
Develop core study skills in time management, academic writing, critical thinking and more.
Discover how to make learning easier and faster.
Improve your grades and make study more enjoyable.
Whether you are a school or college leaver, a mature student, or an international student embarking on university-level study in English for the first time, this handbook is your passport to success.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a good book for mapping out all of your plans and goals in life - it has motivation, inspiration and also some tools for achoieving what you want. It doesn't leave out the spiritual part of life either which is rather nice - a different appraoch to personal development I have to say. A good planner to go along with this is the VISION `Life Diary 2009', it's a very good inspirational planner for the year ahead. The two of these together would kick the year off right!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was on the reading list for my Uni course and when it arrived I was a bit hesitant to think that I will ever use it, as I am a mature student it reminded me of school text books. I have however used it for one of my essays and out of many books found it to be more useful that others.
I think that students just coming out of school or maybe even in college would appreciate the work book format more than I did as they can learn about developing their learning and motivations to learn through using this book.
I think that students just coming out of school or maybe even in college would appreciate the work book format more than I did as they can learn about developing their learning and motivations to learn through using this book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
There is so much great content in this book. As someone who has not studied for a while, I have found some of the exercises and ideas within this book very helpful.
My only criticism is that there is too MUCH information. The book tries to be very comprehensive (and succeeds) but therefore obscures the key lessons. The book would have been a more usable resource if it had been half the length and focused only on the most beneficial information rather than trying to cover everything.
Having said that though, the book is still very useful and I (as an adult learner) have benefitted greatly from it.
My only criticism is that there is too MUCH information. The book tries to be very comprehensive (and succeeds) but therefore obscures the key lessons. The book would have been a more usable resource if it had been half the length and focused only on the most beneficial information rather than trying to cover everything.
Having said that though, the book is still very useful and I (as an adult learner) have benefitted greatly from it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
excellent book
this book is very good,helped me in my professtional development module which i passed with a high mark with help from this book,very happy with it
Published 7 months ago by rica xx
So so useful
Teaching Personal and Professional Development in Higher Education, this book has been invaluable to me. Read more
Published 7 months ago by geek
Didn't answer all my questions
This book is very good for somebody who it out of Uni, written in the same way as lecture material. However, this is not what I needed and therefore didn't answer all my questions... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mari Ldn
a book full of actions rather than words.
I 've been reading this book over the last month, still need more to finish all bits. this due firstly to the quality of language and topics addressed and secondly, to lots of... Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2009 by Mr. M. A. H. Altamimi
Don't expect to learn much
This is very typical of self-help books. Full of self-assessment exercises, quotes taken from The Oxford Book of Quotations or similar. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2008 by James
Excellent book
I used this in conjunction with the Experts Guide Job Interview DVD Job Interview Skills - Extended DVD & CD, and found them both to be indispensable.
Published on 1 Oct 2008 by Stephen Conway
Lot's of detail, too much, not inspiring
i was dissapointed when i bought my copy of this book. it is set out very much as an academic text and not very user friendly. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2006
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