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skills4studycampus is a fully interactive e-learning resource designed to help your students develop the study skills they need to progress. The resource is suitable for students on all courses and in any year of study, although it can be especially useful for those new to higher level learning.

skills4studycampus has been developed by the study skills team at Palgrave Macmillan and is based on the work of Stella Cottrell, the bestselling author of The Study Skills Handbook, Critical Thinking Skills and The Palgrave Student Planner.

For students, it is fun, personal and allows them to learn at their own pace, in their preferred way and when and where they like. For lecturers, it can allow them to offer greater support to students, ease the pressure on their time and help them enrich the learning experience. For institutions, it can help build student satisfaction, support retention and add value to existing offerings.

By subscribing to skills4studycampus you can deliver high quality study skills teaching based on the tried, trusted and unique approach of Stella Cottrell. It will provide students with a strong foundation for rigorous study and you’ll be able to offer this superb support for students without overstretching teaching staff.

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About Study Skills from Palgrave Macmillan

Palgrave Macmillan is the leading study skills publisher in the UK. Our best selling title, The Study Skills Handbook, regularly reaches the Top 10 in the Amazon charts and has sold over ½ million copies world-wide.

Online Resources

Alongside skills4studycampus, we offer Palgrave Connect: an ebook platform of almost 10,000 titles in the Humanities, the Social Sciences and Business. Full details of this and all our other online resources are available at www.palgrave.com/onlineresources and featured in our Journals, Online Resources and Reference Catalogue – to request a copy please email your details to librarians@palgrave.com.

How to subscribeskills4studycampus is available for institutional subscription for 1 or 3 years. Prices are tailored by institution, so talk to your librarian or learning resources manager and contact us for a quote.

Customers in the UK and all areas outside Australia: onlinesales@palgrave.com or phone +44 (0)207 014 4225.Customers in Australia and New Zealand: palgraveonline@macmillan.com.au or + 613 9825 1151.

For subscribers we offer: Flexible set-up optionsskills4studycampus can be fully integrated into your own systems or VLE and is compatible with Athens and Shibboleth - tell us what systems you use and we’ll help you get started.

Unlimited, concurrent accessOn campus and remote access for all of your students, giving them the flexibility to learn where and when suits them best.

Usage reportsUsage reports enable you to see where individuals or classes are struggling and respond to their needs, guaranteeing a positive student experience.

CustomisationAdd your branding and content links, which allow you to integrate your own materials with this resource - talk to us about the full range of options available.

Excellent customer service and supportOur dedicated account support team will work with you drive usage and deliver measurable benefits for your institution.

Regular functional upgradesWe work constantly to improve the site and develop new content in direct response to feedback from our subscribers.

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About skills4studycampusCarefully paced modules and cleverly built interactive features engage students and make the content memorable. Visually stimulating sections and audio throughout the resource make skills4studycampus suitable for a range of learning needs and, as it’s interactive and online, skills4studycampus enables students to learn essential study skills when and where they like – in the way that suits them best. Students are encouraged to complete a wide variety of interactive activities, tests and assessments, to keep personal notes, tags and a learning journal. The learning experience is therefore highly personalised and focused on their individual needs.

skills4studycampus offers core modules on: Getting ready for academic study

Writing skills

Reading and note-making

Referencing and understanding plagiarism

Critical thinking skills

Further modules can be purchased alongside a core subscription including:

Exam skills

Group work and presentations

Employability and personal development NEW for 2012

Projects, dissertations and reports NEW for 2012

How could you use skills4studycampus?Using skills4studycampus is easy. As a tutor, you can be involved as much or as little as you like. If you want to know how your students are doing, you can check their progress and their grades by class or by individual, enabling you to intervene as and when you see fit.

Designed to be flexible, you can use it:

for independent self study

with individuals or as part of a taught group

to address individual or group needs

according to time of year

as a compulsory element of any module

Lecturers across the world are already using it to:

improve student skills

provide support following feedback from essays and assignments

boost confidence and performance in exams

reinforce their teaching

develop skills prior to setting work or introducing new topics

offer personal support even when teaching a large group

skills4studycampus can be integrated into your existing learning environment and many subscribers choose to make it part of their VLE. Subscribing institutions will enjoy 24/7 access for unlimited simultaneous users.

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Audio and video footage embedded within the resource creates appeal for students with different learning styles and serves as an important teaching tool. For example, a series of videos that shows students resolving group conflict invites the learner to reflect on how to make groups work effectively and avoid pitfalls.

There are engaging interactions throughout the resource, with hours of material designed to

grab the learner’s attention and help them to become

better students

Practice activities help sharpen new skills

Module assessments test understanding and allow teaching staff to monitor progress

Branding – add your own logos and content

Tip of the day ensures that content is always new and useful

Hot topics are a practical look at a range of key skills such as time management

More resources includes extra documents and links to external websites

An on-page Glossary means students can hover over a word to get a full explanation

Downloads include a wealth of additional checklists, exercises and study advice which students can downloadMy Journal allows students to reflect

and keep notes which they can download and print at any time – especially helpful as a way to support personal development planning

My Progress gives each student an overall summary of how much of the resource they have completed.

Diagnostic tests help students focus on the areas where they will benefit most and help to make this a personal learning experience

Page Tagging works like a digital bookmark and allows students to return quickly to the pages they mark

Self Assessments to encourage reflection

skills4studycampus offers:

To see for yourself, request a trial today at www.skills4studycampus.com

For a full list of contents go to www.skills4studycampus.com/contentlist

Turn over for details of how to suscribeTo view an online demo, visit: www.skills4studycampus.com