TOP TIPS! (the ARCHIVE)

from the Sociology Resource Centre

TOP TIPS! is a light-hearted, accessible, weekly email bulletin of study and support-related advice, aimed primarily at undergraduate students, and particularly relevant to incoming first years getting to grips with the campus, their studies in sociology, our teaching forums, assessment procedures and teaching and learning culture.

This web page provides a downloadable, printable archive of  TopTips! with ongoing relevance.

TOP TIPS! in 2006-7 (just click!)...

ZERO! A really good idea at the very beginning of term  
ONE 5 things you really ought to do in week one  
TWO Never be lost again! Negotiating campus and how to make sense of room numbering  
THREE

Take this down...  Some ideas for improving your note-taking in lectures  
FOUR So you can't find that book in the library?  
FIVE Don't just Google it - 'Google Scholar' it! An introduction to a powerful search engine for scholarly texts and articles  
SIX Discover your M: Drive! Don't commit yourself to one computer - the M:drive is your own (campus-based) personal drawer in 'virtual' filing cabinet in the sky!  
SEVEN Somewhere quiet to work - the library's late-night Large Reading Room  
EIGHT 5 things you can do with an essay (before its handed in!)  
NINE undergraduate lecture  
TEN Pondering Podcasts  
SIXTEEN 3 very important dates  
SEVENTEEN 5 things you can do with an essay (once it's been marked)  
EIGHTEEN Barcelona, Sydney, Miami, Rome - studying Sociology at Essex doesn't mean you can't study somewhere else too!  
NINETEEN Feel things are happening around campus that pass you by? Find out about the huge number of mailing lists you can sign up to....  
TWENTY Keeping your own A-Z of sociological terms... An early but timely exam tip for first years.  
TWENTY-ONE   The International Youth Leadership Conference Your chance to debate global issues - in Prague!
TWENTY-TWO   award/competition tips  
TWENTY-THREE Feel the fear and do it anyway... speaking and participating in class  
TWENTY-FOUR Sociology and Facebook! Establish contact and keep in touch with sociology students across the UK

Last modified on 06 November 2008