Online seminars are available to all Massey students and can be accessed live or on demand. See the Online seminar programme semester 2 Academic Knowledge and Learning for Postgraduate Assignments Drafting and Writing the Thesis Reflective Writing Writing a Literature Review Writing a Research Proposal Writing an Annotated...Read more
The workshops are offered online and open to all students. You may register for any or all Library workshops on the Library classes schedule. The series of workshops includes: Getting Started with Finding Information from the Library An...Read more
When planning for the coming semester, make sure your workload is manageable. A great tool for checking you’ve got enough time for the papers you’re enrolled on is the Workload planning tool at...Read more
Stream sites are usually made available one to two weeks before the start of semester. It is normally only the administrative information (such as paper coordinator details) that will be available at this stage. For most papers, study materials...Read more
To access your final results for all your papers log on to MyMassey using your ID number and PIN, then in the left hand column under MyMassey Study select Exam Results and Grades. Only the overall grade for the paper will be displayed (not...Read more
A short answer question is similar to a short answer question outside of the exam, except you don’t normally need to include references in an exam (though you do need to make sure you get the right names for theorists/theories etc.). When...Read more
An essay in an exam should usually have the same structure as an essay written outside of the exam. There are normally only two main differences between essays in exams and normal essays. The first is that essays in exams will be a lot shorter...Read more
A good way to see how well your exam preparation is going is to test yourself. Start by breaking down your information into topics you need to revise. Once you’ve gathered your information, summarised and memorised it, test whether you really...Read more
Revision can be overwhelming! So, to make it more approachable break it down into smaller tasks. Here is one way to break it down: i. Plan Make a weekly timetable and revise it weekly. Don’t just write revise in your plan! Write in...Read more
StudyUp sessions next week are as follows: Preparation makes perfect: Develop some memory skills to use for exam preparation Tuesday 24 May: 7:30am, 12:00 noon, 7:00pm Surviving the exam: Strategies for getting through the exam and answering...Read more
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