Introduction Postgraduate study skills

If you've started studying at postgraduate level you probably already have good undergraduate-level skills, but these will be developed further and assessed more stringently in postgraduate study. You'll need new skills for postgraduate study.

You'll be expected to

• read outside the module's core materials in order to get a broader perspective on your specialism
• demonstrate academic judgement by gathering appropriate published evidence or data, which you then critically evaluate and use as the basis for logical argument and discussion
• gather your own data and consider its significance, by using methodologies such as questionnaires and statistical analysis
• present your findings in a professional manner: as a written assignment, a dissertation, or an oral presentation to others.

If you haven't studied for some time, or you want to review your skills, take a look at the other resources in Study skills, which are aimed at undergraduates. They include advice on planning and managing your study - at postgraduate level, you may well have to find 15 hours a week to study.