KICKSTART your studies
Have you applied to study with us this summer? Or you may be a returning student moving on to the next level! Why not KICKSTART your studies by attending our Kickstart Programme between 19th and 30th June!
Experience of working within Learner Support has shown that there are a number of common issues that students have with study, which include lack of confidence and coping with studying in the college environment.
The Kickstart programme was devised to address these issues and to give students who are new to college a realistic insight into what studying at college would be like. Students are aware that they will have to produce essays etc. but often it is not until they sit down to write an essay that they realise that they don’t know how to!
The programme consists of a series of interweaving workshops which are adapted to your level of study and will introduce other essential skills such as working as part of a team, being an active listener and being a confident learner.
The Kickstart programme will run from the 19th – 30th June.
You will attend two 3 hour sessions in week 1 and two 3 hour sessions in week 2.
You will be provided with tea and coffee during each session, giving you the opportunity to socialise and communicate with others in your group.
The Kickstart Team
The Workshops
The basic numeracy and grammar workshops go over the basic rules of e.g. spelling, grammar and punctuation; basic numeracy revisits techniques for addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, percentages, decimals, time and charts. The outcome for these workshops is to reassure you of your strengths and to know what you need to brush up on.
The Assertiveness workshop helps you to recognise what it means to be assertive, what assertiveness behaviour looks like in different situations and how choosing to behave assertively can improve your communication and teamwork skills.
The IT workshop goes over the basics that are essential for studying in college. Many are adept in accessing websites, internet shopping, using social media etc. on a computer but can have little or no knowledge in word processing or attaching documents to an email.`
Academic Writing will show you the difference between formal and informal writing such essays, reports, case studies and reflective writing; the workshop will also give the opportunity to learn useful tips for planning and structuring academic writing including language tips and using process words.
The referencing workshop will show you what, when, where, why and how to reference. During the referencing workshop you will understand what referencing and citing is and when you need to do it.
Enrolment & Information
If you are interested in Kickstart or are unsure and want to know if Kickstart is for you please pop by the Study Bar at the LRC.
Give us a call on (01343) 576489 / 576254 or email anne.findlay.moray@uhi.ac.uk