PSC Tues 15th July Academic Culture

a lecturer is...

• a specific unit of work/topic in a degree course

• a teacher in a university

• a university lesson

plagiarism is...

• working with another student

• researching ideas for an essay

• using other people’s ideas as if they were your own

revision is...

• making notes in a lecture

• learning new information

• reading over your notes to prepare for an exam

a module is...

• another word for a degree

• a unit of work in a degree course

• the final exam

an assignment is...

• an academic task eg. an essay

• an exam

• a meeting room

peers are...

• new students

• your lecturers

• other students on your degree course

to proofread is...

• to read quickly

• to check your work for errors

• to research an article

to criticise is...

• to disagree with someone

• to accept someone else's opinion

• to form your on judgement about something

a semester is...

• the academic year

• one of the two periods of the academic year

• one of the three periods of the academic year

to reference is...

• to include the name and year of publication of sources in an essay

• to summarise ideas from a source

• to refer to a specific author