Customer Reviews
Excellent book - By: PhilosopherKing, 03 Dec 2008 
I received a good education when I was young & gained ten 'O' levels, three 'A' levels, an engineering degree & an accountancy qualification.
Since completing my formal education approximately twenty five years ago, I have read a great deal & am particularly interestedin the arts & the humanities.
As I have enrolled on an arts & humanities Open University foundation course which is due to beginin February 2009, I bought this book as I am out of practice with formal studying. There is a difference between reading a lot on one's own & being organised to tackle a degree course & I found that this book was very usefulin getting me backin the right frame of mind.
Teach your children well... - By: jingles_sunderland, 31 May 2008 I used this book years ago & found it extremely helpful. Now, as my second child is about to embark on a college career, where else should I advise her to turn but to this admirable little text.
Of course, the book is a little outdated but the principles hold good. Despite the modern trendsin education, & particularly at the college level, little within the book has diminishedin relevance.
Northedge is especially good at providing succinct directionin clear & lucid language, hardly surprising as the target audience is the adult learner who has been away from school or study for a number of years. In fact, I would consider this to be a major selling point & the continued success of the Open Universityin Great Britain is a testament to the work that has gone into this student manual.
I would highly recommend this book to students of all agesin preparation for the voyage of discovery that is higher education.
An essential companion for university or college study - By: Frank Carver, 22 Sep 2003 A solid & competent book to help anyone unsure about how to study, or what might be expected of them, for a serious academic qualification. Standard issue for a lot of Open University courses, this is just as useful for any university or college course where students are expected to do their own reading, research, & private study. Essential wisdom on time-management & note-taking leads into detailed coverage of how to research & produce written work (including sections on using numbers, statistics & graphs/charts). If you are taking your first steps into higher education, or you think your study & writing skills might be a bit rusty, this book could be an enormous help.
An excellent guide to studying. - By: J. Maher, 07 Feb 2003 I bought this book when I returned to college to do A- levels & now that I'min university I still use it. Many tutors recommend it & so would I.
Extremely useful if you are on a Open University course,other undergraduate course at university or just doing A-levels. One of the great things about the book is it easy readability, reassuring the reader that returning to study or studying for the first time is a skill that at first seems daunting but can be easily learn't through practice & not to get angry or disheartened if your work is criticised this is part of the learning process. Excellent for the Social Sciences.
An excellent book for new or experienced students. - By: , 27 Sep 2000 
This is an excellent book for new or experienced studentsin Social Sciences courses. Although it is suitable for students at traditional universities & colleges, it is particularly well suited to Open University & other distance learning students. For example, it has a chapter on "Learning from TV & Radio Broadcasts" as well as advice on taking notesin lectures. I have had mine for five years now, & the sections on essay writing & preparing for exams are particularly well-thumbed.
