This is the fourth in a series of study tips from UoC students collected via the Valentine Library pop-up: Love Me, Love Me Not. In this post, students encourage peers to seek help to progress their learning. We hope you find these tips useful and please share your own tips via our Live Well Learn Well Study Tips padlet.
Self-reflection to help yourself
A UoC student advises that: “Honest reflection on what you already know and what you don’t is essential for your learning.”
Tips from Skills@Cumbria: Take some time for self-reflection and work out what you need to develop to make further progress. Successful learners make the most of all the resources and support available and feedback is a significant aspect of that support. Check out our Working with Feedback resources to reflect on and apply feedback to develop your learning. Remember: asking for help is part of the learning process.
Help each other
“Use peer review.”
“Study with a friend.”
“Lean on your classmates and talk to past students.”
“Ask many questions & talk to other students as they’re feeling the same.”
Ask for help
“Ask for help if you’re struggling; don’t be proud.”
“I struggle with reading, the word count and finding topics to include. I solve these issues by asking others for help.”
“Interact more with your lecturers.”
“Talk with your supervisor and make the most out of library services.”
“Use library services. Seriously DO THIS ASAP. At Level 4!”
“I wish I’d known you can get help from skills@cumbria to read sections of your work to make sure that it all makes sense.”
Need more help
To find out about our feedback service and other ways in which Skills@Cumbria work alongside students, visit our Need more help page.
Previous blog posts in this series
Post 1: Wellbeing and studying
Post 2: Planning, reading and notetaking
Post 3: Writing and referencing
When the February 2024 Love Me/Love Me Not campaign was launched, the Skills@Cumbria team posted their own favourite study tips. You can read them here: Love our study tips