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Your tutor is the first person you should contact if you are encountering difficulties with any aspect of your studies. If there are any issues raised in this unit that you would like to discuss, you should approach your tutor. Sharing your action plan with him or her would be a useful first stage.
Your chosen place of study may offer a programme of learning skills sessions that should reinforce some of the issues raised here.
Further reading
Chambers, E. and Northedge, A. (1997), The Arts Good Study Guide, Milton Keynes, Open University
Crème, P. and Lea, M. (1997), Writing at University: A Guide for Students, Buckingham, Open University Press
Dunleavy, P. (1986), Studying for a degree in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, Basingstoke, Macmillan
Fairbairn, G. J. and Winch, C. (1996), Reading, writing and reasoning: a guide for students, Buckingham, Open University Press
Northedge, A. (2005), The Good Study Guide, Milton Keynes, Open University
Northedge, A., Thomas, J., Lane, A. and Peasegood, A. (1997), The Sciences Good Study Guide, Milton Keynes, Open University
Redman, P. et al. (1998), Good Essay Writing: A Social Sciences Guide, Milton Keynes, Open University
Sherman, J. (1994), Feedback: Essential writing skills for intermediate students, Oxford, Oxford University Press
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