Education & Training
Getting yourself ready for further study
this information has been adapted from the Uws.edu.au/ndco/getready/preparing/ready.htm site
No matter what you study at uni there are some skills that every successful uni student needs.
Personal skills
- Build up your independence with making decisions, planning your day and your studies and organising your own daily tasks.
- Have good organisational skills so that you can be at class on time, identify when assignments are due and plan your study time.
- Develop the ability to ask lots of questions and to ask for help if/when you need it.
- Get used to meeting new people and making new friends.
Academic skills
- Talk to your teacher, careers advisor and uni advisors about the academic skills you will need for the study areas you are considering.
- Make an honest list of the study skills that you believe you are good at and those you need to improve. Talk to those who know your study skills and ask their views too.
- There are a bridging and preparation courses available at Uni and the Polytechnic. Consider whether you may need to complete one of these courses
Information Technology skills
- Check out your own IT skills, in particular make sure you know how to use a word processor, the internet and email. Students must have these skills to be able to successfully complete the study and assessment tasks for any further education course.
- Build up your skills and get comfortable with the technology if you don't already know how to use computers or feel under confident.
Assistive Technology
- Think about whether you need any equipment, devices or modifications to use computers, participate in lectures/tutorials/claesses, complete assessment tasks or do any practical exercises that you might need to complete within your course.
- You may already be using Assistive Technology. Consider whether this is effective or whether other options may be more useful.
- Get an Assistive Technology assessment if you are not already using Assistive Technology
