Guidance on studying at university

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Dr Sarah Ivory is a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh. This channel covers topics that will help students studying at university. This includes how to focus on pre-recorded lecture, the purpose of university, failure as learning and more. Dr Ivory will continue adding to this channel. Many of the topics covered are referred to in her book Becoming a Critical Thinker: for your university studies and beyond, published in January 2021 with Oxford University Press.

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Prioritising influence 1 of 4

duration 11 minutes 12 seconds

Prioritising influence

Prioritising influence

Prioritising influence

Prioritising influence

Exploring the way in which we can prioritise what we control and can influence to impact what concerns us. *To change the view of face/slides, hover over the rectangles…

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Failure as Learning 2 of 4

duration 32 minutes 26 seconds

Failure as Learning

Failure as Learning

Failure as Learning

Failure as Learning

Take 30 mins to rethink you approach to failure, your avenue to successful learning, and your assumptions about people who are 'successful'. For university…

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Purpose of university OR 'What are you doing… 3 of 4

duration 19 minutes 34 seconds

Purpose of university OR 'What are you doing…

Purpose of university OR 'What are you doing here???'

Purpose of university OR 'What are you doing…

Purpose of university OR 'What are you doing here???'

Why are you even AT university?? Dr Sarah Ivory talks about reasons for going to university, and helps you interrogate your own. In this time of upheaval, especially in…

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How to focus on pre-recorded lectures 4 of 4

duration 25 minutes 3 seconds

How to focus on pre-recorded lectures

How to focus on pre-recorded lectures

How to focus on pre-recorded lectures

How to focus on pre-recorded lectures

*Slides not visible when watching on preview - please click the link.* In this short session, Dr Sarah Ivory talk about how to stay focused in pre-recorded lectures, and…

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