Understanding Your Skills: What can you do and how well can you do it? Materials developed by the Learner Development Unit at the University of Bradford Learner Development Unit www.brad.ac.uk/developme

What will you learn? To identify your perception of your study skills for university learning. To begin Personal/Professional Development Planning .

To identify your perception of your study skills for university learning.

To begin Personal/Professional Development Planning .

The Plan… Explore what we mean by transferable skills. Introduce SaPRA as a useful tool to provide a realistic reflection of your skills. Prioritise skills and begin to think about a plan to develop them.

Explore what we mean by transferable skills.

Introduce SaPRA as a useful tool to provide a realistic reflection of your skills.

Prioritise skills and begin to think about a plan to develop them.

1. Transferable Skills Transferable skills versus study skills. Why do study skills matter? What can you do to improve your study skills? - Attending workshops - Using the online materials - Working through self-help study material - Seeing an adviser - Talking to your Personal Tutor

Transferable skills versus study skills.

Why do study skills matter?

What can you do to improve your study skills?

- Attending workshops

- Using the online materials

- Working through self-help study material

- Seeing an adviser

- Talking to your Personal Tutor

2. Activity: ‘SaPRA-mini’ Evaluate your skills using ‘SaPRA mini’ - Complete the skills checklists. Transfer your scores onto the feedback form. Review & collate your top skills. Review & collate the skills which need most development.

Evaluate your skills using ‘SaPRA mini’ - Complete the skills checklists.

Transfer your scores onto the feedback form.

Review & collate your top skills.

Review & collate the skills which need most development.

3. Activity: Using an IDP Look at your handout for instructions of how to complete each box. Use it to plan how you will approach increasing your confidence in skills you’ve identified as needing more work. PRIORITISE! The Study Skills Toolkit DevelopMe! Online resources

Look at your handout for instructions of how to complete each box.

Use it to plan how you will approach increasing your confidence in skills you’ve identified as needing more work.

PRIORITISE!

The Study Skills Toolkit

DevelopMe! Online resources

What next? Check out our website for more learning materials: www.brad.ac.uk/developme Come along to another workshop: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/lssworkshops/ Contact us for 1-2-1 advice and support: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/learnerdevelopment

Check out our website for more learning materials: www.brad.ac.uk/developme

Come along to another workshop: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/lssworkshops/

Contact us for 1-2-1 advice and support: http://www.brad.ac.uk/lss/learnerdevelopment