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Reading at University

How to Improve Your Focus and Be More Critical
By Jamie Q Roberts and Caitlin Hamilton
Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills
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Reading at University offers a concise and practical guide designed to equip students with effective reading strategies essential for university assessments. It challenges common misconceptions about academic reading by exploring the culture of reading, note-making, and understanding what markers expect. The book supports students through the process of crafting assignments, emphasising critical reading and the development of an academic voice.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This text is ideal for university students seeking to improve their academic reading and writing skills, as well as academic readers aiming to enhance their approach to scholarly texts.

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This concise and practical text will equip students with the effective reading strategies they need when preparing for their university assessments. It dispels assumptions often made about the nature of reading at university, and provides an overview of the culture of academic reading, note-making, and what markers expect.

Reading at University provides support for reading structured around the process of crafting an assignment, including reading critically and developing an academic voice.

Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills

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The book is praised for its valuable advice, strategies, and resources that help undergraduates, graduates, and academic readers handle the demands of university reading. Reviewers describe it as easy to follow and even enjoyable, providing an insider's perspective on maximising analytical reading and dispelling common myths.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781352009163

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 February 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic

Illustration: 10 bw illus

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 240g

Pages: 168

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Caitlin Hamilton Education & Reference Jamie Q Roberts Non-Fiction Series: Bloomsbury Study Skills

About the Author

Jamie Roberts is a Learning Advisor at the University of New South Wales, Australia. He is Director of Uniwrite, a company which runs preparatory writing courses for high school students. Caitlin Hamilton is a Research Associate at the University of New South Wales, Australia. She is Editorial Manager of the Australian Journal of International Affairs.

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