Develop Your Reading Skills

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Reading is an essential part of learning at university. It helps you gather evidence for arguments in your assignments, essays, and dissertations.

Your lecturers want to see wider reading outside of what you will find on module lists. Watch these videos to find out why reading is important and get some tips:

Sarah Beck Senior Principal Lecturer Applied Studies

Dr Sheila Quaid Senior Lecturer Sociology

You might prefer to watch the mini videos with tips on:

Widening Your vocabulary.

Being Selective with Your Reading Sources.

Now try our activities  on Reading for Assignment Success to build up your skills on:

  • reading.
  • note taking.

Next find out how the library services can help you with your reading on your assignment road path

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