Study skills for international postgraduates

"A complete guide to how to succeed academically as an international postgraduate student. Chapters cover key topics such as time management, critical thinking, doing research and writing. This is the definitive guide to successful study as an international postgraduate student. Chapters cover all the core academic skills, including time management, reading, referencing, critical thinking, doing research, and writing and speaking for assessment. The book features a wealth of examples, activities and checklists to help students hone their skills. The second edition features: - New content on poster presentations, managing digital sources and using electronic databases - Additional activities on referencing and critical thinking - Practical pointers to help students hit the ground running and quickly get to grips with the expectations and conventions of postgraduate study"--

Getting started as a postgraduate -- Being in a foreign land: Cultural adaptation -- Time management, getting organized -- Managing information collected -- Reading: A complex skill -- Plagiarism and paraphrasing -- Referencing: The importance of acknowledgement -- The research process -- Critical thinking -- Writing style and language -- Writing critical reviews: A step-by-step guide -- Writing a report -- Preparing for the research essay -- Writing a research essay -- Writing a literature review -- The final polish: Editing and proofreading -- Participating in, and giving a tutorial -- Delivering a presentation -- Speaking to your supervisor or lecturer -- Groupwork as a form of assessment -- Writing a research proposal -- What next? Completing a PhD.