Links for Study Skills

Study skills links at Reading

• SOAR (Skills Opportunities At Reading) main page
• Spoken communication skills
• Learning skills
• Written communication skills
• Managing your studies
• Numeracy skills
• Use of IT

There are many study skills sites around the world, aimed at different groups of students. Here are some sites that we have found useful and which we recommend:

• James Cook University : http://www.jcu.edu.au/studying/services/studyskills/online.html
• Online writing lab at Purdue University , US : http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
  for writing tips/advice see: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html
• UK study skills sites: http://www.support4learning.org.uk/education/revision_and_study_skills_.cfm
• University of Sussex : http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/skills/index.html

If any of the links do not work, if you have some comments to make, or if you have a URL you would like to see added to the list, please e-mail Paul Thompson.