Preparing for University
Online courses to help you prepare for university:
Futurelearn:
Critical Thinking at University: An Introduction
Preparing to Learn Online at University
UCL Study Prep is free and open to all students in Year 13 regardless of where you go to school/college or which universities you have applied to study at. It is recommended that you take 4-5 hours to complete the course.
University of Birmingham Skills 4 Uni
From revision techniques to note-taking, finding information to referencing styles, Skills4Uni includes six interactive zones for you to work choose from. Zones include tips from current university students, quick quizzes and opportunities to reflect on your experiences.
University of Greenwich Independent Learners Toolkit
Queen Mary are offering various things:
Unibuddy – opportunity to get advice from current undergraduates
Academic study skills (takes approx. 50 mins to complete)
Transition to HE (short online course)
CRITICAL THINKING
5 tips to improve your critical thinking is a short video to help you get started when making decisions and forming opinions.
Then take this free psychometric test which will assess your ability to make inferences and assumptions and to reason logically.
Highly recommended, just in terms of developing your critical thinking - Harvard course on ethics