Year 1: Edinburgh Napier Podcasts

Week eight, Trimester 1 2010-11

25^th October 2010

You may have heard your tutors or classmates talking about PDTs (Personal Development Tutors), but might not have understood what a PDT is and how the process works.

If you make the time to go see your PDT, there are many potential benefits.  Your PDT is there to guide you in your decision making at university and can also be extremely useful when it comes to areas like industry contacts and getting yourself that all important work experience.

This podcast will demystify the process for you and contains interviews full of good advice from staff and students.

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Duration: 9:10 min

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Trimester 1, Week 7

18th October 2010

This week we talk to Keith Walker who is a Library Information Services Adviser here at Edinburgh Napier.   The library services will be central to your University study, so it is good to know what services are on offer.

Remember the library webpages can be accessed from the student portal https://studentportal.napier.ac.uk/Library/Pages/default.aspx

Duration: 7 min

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Week six, Trimester 1 2010-11

11^th October 2010

For week 6 we thought it was time to look at the issue of plagiarism and accurate referencing.  This is an area which often causes problems for new students and the implications of either inaccurate referencing or plagiarism can be serious, often leading to lost marks and even failed coursework.

To help guide you,  Christina Mainka (Formerly a Lecturer in Technology Enhanced Teaching and Learning, at Edinburgh Napier University, and plagiarism Guru) has prepared this week's podcast, complete with a few easy to remember pieces of advice to help enhance your work and avoid potential banana skins!   You might also like to visit the University’s ‘Be wise don’t plagiarise’ website for further information (http://www2.napier.ac.uk/ed/plagiarism/ ).

As always, if you have any comments on this podcast please post these in reply to this message and remember, if you wish to contribute to the podcasting project or get involved in any way, please email us at podcast@napier.ac.uk  

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Week five, Trimester 1 2010-11

4^th October 2010

Academic writing can be problematic for first year university students as the style can differ from that expected at school or college. To help advice you in this area, Sally Edgar spoke to Kendall Richards, who is an Academic Support Advisor here at Edinburgh Napier University.

With the coursework season fast approaching, Kendall has some great advice on how to interpret the question you are being asked, how to structure your coursework and he also has a few quick tips on referencing.

Kendall is one of a number of  Academic Support Advisers available to help any Edinburgh Napier student with their academic writing.  Kendall may be contacted by emailing k.richards@napier.ac.uk

As always, if you have any comments on this podcast please post these in reply to this message and remember, if you wish to contribute to the podcasting project or get involved in any way, please email us at podcast@napier.ac.uk  

Duration: 10.36min

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