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 2nd edition features: - New content on writing critical reviews and case study reports, 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

Study power's learning material is written for outcomes-based learning objectives. The strategies and skills that are learned cover critical cross-field criteria such as: problem solving; life skills to manage one's own life; study skills and how to learn effectively. This programme teaches learners to think and to then transfer these skills to develop practical study skills.