Study success
Skills guides
Our guides are here to help you develop the skills needed for your University studies. Work through our sheets with tutors, in groups, or when studying alone.
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From writing clearly to using evidence effectively, our self-help resources are here to support you with academic writing.
Our resources include writing guides, examples of different skills and templates to help you structure your work.
If you need help using any of the tools or resources on this page, you can book a study development tutorial.
Skills guides
- Guide to Essay Writing factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Guide to Essay Writing factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Decoding the Question worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Decoding the Question worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Assignment Outline Builder worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Assignment Outline Builder worksheet (PDF, 0.1 MB)
- Making the Most of Your Feedback worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Making the Most of Your Feedback worksheet (PDF, 0.1 MB)
- Submitting work to Moodle (Sharepoint)
- Writing Clearly: Perfect Sentences factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Writing Clearly: Perfect Sentences factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Paragraphs factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Paragraphs factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Writing Clearly: Punctuation factsheet (docx 0.5 MB)
- Writing Clearly: Punctuation factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- University of Manchester Academic Phrasebank
- Literature Reviews factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Literature Reviews factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Critical Thinking Questions factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Critical Thinking Questions factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Critical Analysis Checklist worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Critical Analysis Checklist worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Critical Paragraphing Examples worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Critical Paragraphing Examples worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Critical Thinking Exercise worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Critical Thinking Exercise worksheet (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Critical Signposting worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Critical Signposting worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Reflective Writing factsheet (docx, 1.2 MB)
- Reflective Writing factsheet (PDF, 0.4 MB)
- Reflective Thinking worksheet - Driscoll (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Reflective Thinking worksheet - Driscoll (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Reflective Thinking Worksheet - Kolb (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Reflective Thinking Worksheet - Kolb (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Essay Checklist factsheet (docx, 0.6 MB)
- Essay Checklist factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Editing and Proofreading worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Editing and Proofreading worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Revising Written Work factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Revising Written Work factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Guide to Microsoft Editor (docx, 1.8 MB)
- Guide to Microsoft Editor (PDF, 0.3 MB)
- Time Management and Staying Focused factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Time Management and Staying Focused factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- SMART worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Dissertation Planner worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Dissertation Planner worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Independent Study Planner worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Independent Study Planner worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Goal Setting worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Goal Setting worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Starting Tasks and Making Progress worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Starting Tasks and Making Progress worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall factsheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall factsheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall worksheet (docx, 0.5 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall Visual Glossary worksheet (docx, 0.7 MB)
- Exam Revision: Memory and Recall Visual Glossary worksheet (PDF, 0.2 MB)
- Landscape Revision Poster Template (PDF, 0.1 MB)
