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Description |
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Title |
PALGRAVE study skills‘ website and online application |
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Type of document |
Website offering various tools and advice for career and personal development and planning |
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URL of the practice |
Palgrave’s Website: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/ Online application: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4studycampus/index.aspx?id=3372 |
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Summary |
Palgrave Study Skills is a sub-section of the Palgrave Macmillan Group. Their website http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/ offers various resources and strategies to help students improve the way they study and take advantage of their time as students. They also offer a complete online application regarding study skills: skills4studycampus: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4studycampus/index.aspx?id=3372 The website offers advice in the following areas: - Exams - Writing In each section it is possible to download forms that help listing one’s skills, experiences, and reflect on one’s goals and future plans regarding personal, student or professional life. A few examples of the available forms templates: - Action plan: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdp/forms/p102.pdf - Evaluation of progress: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdp/forms/p185.pdf - List of personal qualities: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdp/forms/p234.pdf - Demonstration of personal qualities: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdp/forms/p241.pdf “Personal Development planning” has its own paragraphs under the Career planning section. Regarding the the online application, institutions have to subscribe in order to gain access to the full version of application. Nevertheless a tester version is available for students. The online application tackles questions such as: - What do I want from my education? - What's expected of me as a student? - Managing anxieties about student life - What resources do I have to help me study? - Etc. |
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Stakeholders |
Authors: the study skills team at Palgrave Macmillan. Beneficiaries: students |
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Validation |
Palgrave Macmillan Legal Notice: http://www.palgrave.com/home/copyright.asp Privacy policy: http://www.palgrave.com/home/privacy.asp |
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Constraints |
The resources available on the website are free and available to all. It is up to one to spend time using the various forms and reflect on one’s experience and goals. The online application requires an institutional subscription and is only available to students via their institution. A subscription implies fees for the institution who decides to register. |
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Sustainability |
Sustainability depends on the willingness to each user to update one’s data according to the evolution of their plans and experience. A sustainable use of the online application will depend on the continuous subscription of the institution. |
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Transferability |
Usable by the public of the SAIA project, designed for students. |
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Contact details |
UK Office Contacts regarding the online application skills4studycampus: |
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Publication/Access Date |
2013, regularly updated |
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Author/Publisher |
Palgrave Macmillan is a global academic publisher serving learning and scholarship in higher education and professional markets. Palgrave Macmillan is a market leader in study skills resources. The online application skills4studycampus has been developed by the study skills team at Palgrave Macmillan and is based on the work of Stella Cottrell, author of The Study Skills Handbook, Critical Thinking Skills, Skills For Success, The Exam Skills Handbook and The Palgrave Student Planner. A sample chapter of Stella Cottrell’s Skills For Success displaying lots of self reflexive tests is available here: |
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Related Web site(s) |
Online Study skills platform: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4studycampus/index.aspx?id=3372 Palgrave Macmillan’s general website: |
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Related resources that have been developed |
See higher sections and web links. |
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