Geography at University

This is a concise introduction to study skills and also to university. It specifically addresses the student as a grown up, and is an insider's guide to understanding teaching and assessment, as well as single-transferable skills This means that students need to learn the subject in new ways and Geography at University shows you exactly how to do that how to do that. - School and University: Being at University is a phase between school and career. This book will show students how university geography builds on school geography and gives students the skills employers will be looking for when appointing graduates - Teaching: Geography at University reviews each of the main methods by which you will be taught geography - lectures, tutorial, fieldwork, practicals and projects - and explains what tutors will be trying to do during these sessions so that students can gain the most from teaching. - Assessment: Students will also be assessed in various ways - by essays, examinations, oral presentations and a dissertation - and Geography at University explains what your tutors are looking for in these assessment methods