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Members of the University of Chester’s Academic Skills Team chat all things Academic Skills, sharing advice and anecdotes from their own experience in higher education. We have episodes on skills like referencing, critical thinking, maths and statistics, and time management.
Listening to The Skills Pod is a great way to learn hints and tips to help you during your academic journey while getting to know the Academic Skills Team.
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Meta-Analysis
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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My Academic Skills Experience: Lin
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May 11, 2026 |
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Writing Blog Posts
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Dissertation Suite: Top Tips for Finishing a Dissertation
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Dissertation Suite: Writing a Dissertation
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Introductions and Conclusions
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Dissertation Suite: Introduction to Qualitative Research
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Dissertation Suite: Introduction to Quantitative Research
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Developing Assignment Structure
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Dissertation Suite: Top Tips for Literature Reviews
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Dissertation Suite: Reading and Research
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Dissertation Suite: Ethics in Research
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Group Work
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Dissertation Suite: Researcher Position
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Writing a Lab Report
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Dissertation Suite: Writing a Research Proposal
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Academic Conduct
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Dissertation Suite: Developing a Research Question
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Time Management for Students on Placement
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Dissertation Suite: Planning and Time Management for Longer Projects
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Reading Strategies: Dolphin, Shark, Whale
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Back to Basics: Paragraph Structure
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Powering Through Procrastination
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Our Work Based Learning Students' Experience
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May 23, 2025 |
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Special Edition: ASk Chat to UoC's Royal Literary Fund Fellow
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May 08, 2025 |
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We Won an Award!!
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Evaluating a Journal Article
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Academic Skills
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Approaching an Assignment
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Back to Basics: The Key Conventions of Academic Writing
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Writing Critical Case Studies
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Note-Making Vs. Note-Taking
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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My Academic Skills Experience: Ben
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Descriptive Vs. Critical Writing
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Imposter Syndrome
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Reassessments
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Top Tips: Editing and Proofreading
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May 20, 2024 |
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Reflective Writing
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Academic Posters
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Literature Reviews
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Editing and Proofreading
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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Paraphrasing
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Top Tips: Time Management
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Presentations
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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MHRA Referencing
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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APA 7 Referencing
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Special Edition (ASk & The University of Chester's Race Advocates): International Student Experiences of UK Higher Education
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Top Tips: Warming Up For Study
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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What is The Skills Pod?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Top Tips: Independent Learning/Study
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Independent Learning
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Critical Thinking
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Feedback
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Resilience
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May 16, 2023 |
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Special Edition (ASk and Chester Business School): Academic Integrity
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Revision and Exams
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Special Edition (ASk & The School of Education): Planning and Critical Paragraphs - Episode 2
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Special Edition (ASk & The School of Education): Reading and Critical Thinking - Episode 1
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Time Management
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Halloween Special: The things that scared us at University
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Stepping Up: A New Academic Year
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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Music to work to - our Team choices!
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May 26, 2022 |
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The Chester Blend - the new academic year
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Stepping up to Postgraduate study
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May 14, 2021 |
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Interview with Katie Barnett from the Department of Music, Media and Performance.
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Referencing advice with Sam from the SU
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Dec 15, 2020 |
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Quantitative Data with Nick and Mikayla
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Developing your Maths Confidence
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Maths and resilience learning
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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Proofreading and editing
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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Warming up for Study
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Introduction to quantitative and qualitative research methods
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Reassessment for exams
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Reassessment for assignments
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Jul 06, 2020 |