{"id":3302,"date":"2016-07-22T10:46:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T10:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/?p=3302"},"modified":"2016-07-22T10:46:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T10:46:22","slug":"one-to-one-skills-sessions-at-the-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/one-to-one-skills-sessions-at-the-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"One-to-one skills sessions at the Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/01\/TheBridgeHeader.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2736\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/the-bridge-a-brand-new-skills-hub\/thebridgeheader\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/01\/TheBridgeHeader.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"650,145\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TheBridgeHeader\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/01\/TheBridgeHeader.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2736\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/01\/TheBridgeHeader.jpg\" alt=\"TheBridgeHeader\" width=\"650\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/01\/TheBridgeHeader.jpg 650w, https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/files\/2016\/01\/TheBridgeHeader-300x67.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This summer, the Bridge are offering one-to-one, 30 minute sessions with a tutor, providing general guidance as well as specific approaches for developing your academic writing.\u00a0Come along to learn how to study effectively and optimise your grades.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s no need to book, just turn up between the following times to see a tutor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuesdays 2pm &#8211; 4pm\u00a0The Bridge, above Adsetts Library caf\u00e9<\/li>\n<li>Fridays 11.30am &#8211; 1.30pm,\u00a0Collegiate Library, room 0.01<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"important\">the Disabled Student Support service is a different service to this one.\u00a0 If you normally access the Disabled Student Support service, please contact your tutor as normal.<\/p>\n<p>They will help you devise strategies to check your own work but they will not proofread assignments.<\/p>\n<h2>More about the sessions<\/h2>\n<p>The service is learner-led; you decide on the topic for sessions.\u00a0 Examples of topics covered are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>understanding assessment criteria and discussing initial ideas for work<\/li>\n<li>what it means to think and write critically or reflectively<\/li>\n<li>planning and delivering presentations and effective group working<\/li>\n<li>how to carry out a literature review and write a dissertation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The aim of the sessions is to focus on developing learning, so you might want to bring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the assessment criteria for an assignment you&#8217;re thinking about starting, to discuss ideas or develop a rough planning outline<\/li>\n<li>what you&#8217;ve written (if you&#8217;ve made a start) to discuss your structure and whether you&#8217;re staying on-topic<\/li>\n<li>a marked assignment so that we can discuss the feedback you&#8217;ve received and what you might do differently next time<\/li>\n<li>a timetable of submission dates to talk about time management or examples of materials you are revising for exams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, the Bridge are offering one-to-one, 30 minute sessions with a tutor, providing general guidance as well as specific approaches for developing your academic writing.\u00a0Come along to learn how to study effectively and optimise your grades. There&#8217;s no need to book, just turn up between the following times to see a tutor. Tuesdays 2pm &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/one-to-one-skills-sessions-at-the-bridge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">One-to-one skills sessions at the Bridge<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3036,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-3302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-support","tag-22-july-2016"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4RiUv-Rg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3303,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3302\/revisions\/3303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}