Transferable Academic Skills Kit: Combined Course Book

Transferable Academic Skills Kit is a flexible learning resource that has been carefully designed to develop the key transferable skills that promote students' success in university and college study. Whether you are a student of an instructor, TASK provides a tried and tested teaching and learning tool suitable for a broad range of academic disciplines.

A series of supported exercises relates theory to practice and provides students with the tools to develop a framework of skills that can then be used in a wide range of contexts both inside and outside the academic world.

TASK can be followed as a complete program of study, or individual modules can be selected to address specific needs.

Created by members of the academic staff at the University of Reading, TASK forms a part of the university's skills provision for home and international students at all levels.

The modules are organized as follows:

1: Key Foundation Skills
2: Academic Culture
3: Participating in Seminars
4: Teamworking
5: Problem Solving
6: Critical Thinking
7: Introduction to IT Skills
8: Essay Writing
9: Scientific Writing
10: Research and Referencing
11: Presentations
12: Exam Technique