What did your desk research show? What themes and challenges did you choose?

Learning Goal: I’m working on a business presentation and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Module aims

The aim of this module is to provide and support students with the necessary skills base for engaging
with Foundation Year modules, and to help students identify and develop a range of transferable
skills in preparation for studying at degree level. The module aims to develop a reflective approach by
helping students identify their own strengths and weaknesses, and plan for their personal,
educational and career development.
Brief module description/summary
This module content will cover the development of study skills specific to a Higher Education setting.
This will include planning and writing assignments, preparing, and delivering oral presentations,
collating, and presenting relevant information, reading, note taking and referencing from academic
sources. It will then go on to introduce the purpose of research and consider a range of methods of
data collection including surveys, focus groups, interviews, and secondary data collection. Then
students will look at examples of data and how to utilise the relevant software to summarise and
present the data. Analysis will also be considered: what can we usefully and accurately say based
upon the data?
Overview of learning and teaching activities on the module
Teaching will be primarily through small group seminars, workshops, VLE/e-learning resources, and
regular one-to-one tutorials with personal tutors/supervisors.
Our philosophy of learning and teaching, our understanding of teaching for Foundation years and
CCCU policies and strategies have all influenced our specific approach to learning and teaching for the
Foundation year. Our teaching methods have been developed with explicit attention to debates
pertaining to student learning styles. As such, our teaching methods provide a framework via which
students develop the capacity to manage their own learning and evolve, over the course of their
studies, into independent learners, acquiring the knowledge, understanding and skills that are
essential to learning in Higher Education and to lifelong learning, post-graduation.
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Module learning outcomes
By the end of this module students should be able to:

Description/Guidance

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Learning Materials/Resources:
Date and validity of Assessment Brief:
September 2022. Valid for academic year 2022/2023.
Learning Materials/Resources:
Essential Resources:
 Cottrell, S. (2019) The Study Skills Handbook Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke.
 Gallagher, K. (2016) Essential study and employment skills for business and management
students, 3rd Ed. Oxford: OUP.
 Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2016) Cite them right: The Essential Referencing Guide. 10th
Ed. Palgrave Macmillan.
Recommended Resources:
 Bassot, B. (2016) The Reflective Journal. 2nd Ed. London: Palgrave.
 Buzan, T. (2006) The Buzan study skills handbook. BBC publications.
 Cameron, S. (2009) The Business Student’s Handbook. Prentice Hall.
 Cottrell, S. (2015) Skills for Success: Personal Development and Employability. 2nd Ed. Palgrave.
 Creme, P., Lea, M. (2008). Writing at University: A guide for students (3rd Ed). Maidenhead,
UK: Open University Press.
 Gröppel-Wegener, A. (2016) Writing Essays by Pictures: a workbook. Huddersfield:
Innovative Libraries.
 Hall, R. (2011) Brilliant presentation: what the best presenters know, do and say. Harlow:
Prentice Hall.
 Institute of Management (2005) Personal Effectiveness. Hodder & Stoughton.
 Lowes R, Peters, H. and Turner, M. (2004) The international students’ guide, studying in
English at University, Sage.
 Marsen, S. (2005) Professional Writing, Palgrave Macmillan.
 Morris, C. (2012) Quantitative approaches to business studies, Prentice Hall.
 Oakshott, L. (2012) Essential Quantitative Methods for Business, Management & Finance.
Palgrave Macmillan.
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 Richards, D. (2002) Get it Across. Elliot Right Way.
 Stanton, N. (2009) Mastering Communication. Palgrave.
 Stuart-Hoyle, M and Wiles, J (2012) Orientation to Higher Education, 2nd Ed: a Reader’
Pearson.
 Pears, R. and Shields, G. (2013) Cite them Right: The Essential Referencing Guide. 9th Ed.
Palgrave Publishing.
 Trought, F. (2017) Brilliant Employability Skills: How to stand out from the crowd in the
Graduate Job Market. Pearson.