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The Skills Pod

University of Chester: Academic Skills

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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All Episodes

20:26

Dissertation Suite: Developing a Research Question

The Skills Pod ·

2025/09/23

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode of our Dissertation Suite, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma and Lisa, and Maths and Statistics Adviser, Mikayla, discuss developing a research question. They chat about honing in on your topic, the importance of doing your research to help you identify your question, and figuring out the type of research you want to do. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like...

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35:54

Time Management for Students on Placement

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2025/09/09

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode, Emma and Anthony are joined by Senior Lecturers, Ruth Roxburgh and Sue Grave, from Nursing and Healthcare Education to discuss time management for students on placement. We chat about strategies for managing your time and finding a work-life balance that can support you in your studies. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!

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24:45

Dissertation Suite: Planning and Time Management for...

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2025/08/26

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In the first episode of our Dissertation Suite, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma, Lisa, and Nicola, discuss Planning and Time Management for a Longer Project. They chat about the importance of setting mini-deadlines, factoring wiggle room into your overall schedule, understanding what’s expected of you, and taking time away from your project. You might also find it useful to listen to o...

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33:36

Reading Strategies: Dolphin, Shark, Whale

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2025/08/05

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss academic reading strategies with a focus on dolphin, shark, and whale otherwise known as skimming, scanning, and deep reading. This episode features Liz, Lisa, and Emma. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!

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18:08

Back to Basics: Paragraph Structure

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2025/07/02

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we go back to basics and talk about paragraph structure. We begin with a discussion about sandwiches (bear with us - it will make sense in the end!) before going through the components of a critical paragraph. This episode features Liz, Anthony, and Emma. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!

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29:46

Powering Through Procrastination

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2025/06/04

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we chat about procrastination. We discuss what procrastination is, why we procrastinate, and what strategies we've developed to try and tackle it. This episode features Emma and Liz. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC Don't forget to like, comment and follow the podcast!

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15:49

Our Work Based Learning Students' Experience

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2025/05/23

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode, Academic Skills Adviser's, Emma and Anthony, chat to the team's work based learning students, Elly and Lucy. We discuss the project they have been working on, their experience of working with the Academic Skills Team, what they have learnt during their placement, and what skills they are going to take forward in their academic studies. Follow us! @AcadskillsUOC...

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29:45

Special Edition: ASk Chats to UoC's Royal Literary...

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2025/05/08

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we chat to the University's Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Caroline Corcoran, about her role and how student's can access support from her. As a published writer, Caroline also shares some tips for academic writing and editing. This episode features Emma, Liz, and Alice. If you're a University of Chester student you can book an appointment with Caroline by emailing: Carol...

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17:13

We Won an Award!!

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2025/04/10

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this special episode we chat about our recent success at the Educate North Awards and use this as a chance to reflect on The Skills Pod: why did we start the podcast? What's next? This episode features Anthony, Emma, and Liz.

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32:28

Evaluating a Journal Article

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2025/04/04

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we chat about evaluating a journal article. We go through breaking down a journal article and strategies/tools you might use when critically evaluating quantitative and qualitative sources. This episode features Anthony, Emma, and Mikayla.

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35:44

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Academic Skills

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2025/03/11

Send us a message or feedback Join the Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma, Anthony, and Alice are joined by Associate Professor and University Innovation Fellow, Katharine Welsh, to chat about AI and academic skills. We discuss what AI is, the University of Chester's policy on the use of AI in your work, and the future of AI usage. University of Chester students can access the Generative Artificial Intelligence Literacies course here. ...

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28:25

Approaching an Assignment

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2025/02/10

Send us a message or feedback Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we chat about approaching an assignment. We go through breaking down your assignment brief, making initial plans, and discuss the importance of process rather than product when it comes to researching and writing. This episode features Anthony and Emma.

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21:57

Back to Basics: The Key Conventions of Academic Writing

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2024/12/11

Send us a message or feedbackJoin the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we go back to basics and chat about the key conventions of academic writing. We go through ways to make your academic writing formal, the importance of referencing, and how editing can help you with clarity and conciseness. This episode features Anthony, Emma, and Liz.

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30:30

Writing Critical Case Studies

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2024/11/05

Send us a message or feedbackJoin the Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode, Academic Skills Advisers, Emma and Anthony, are joined by Wayne Connor-Scahill, Deputy Head of Nursing and Healthcare Education, to discuss critical case studies. We share our tips for structuring your case studies, incorporating criticality, and avoiding common pitfalls.

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20:12

Note-Making Vs. Note-Taking

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2024/10/11

Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss the differences between note-making and note-taking. We look at ways to make your notes purposeful, how to ensure criticality, and share some strategies for effective note-making. This episode features Emma and Liz.

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18:13

My Academic Skills Experience: Ben

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2024/09/17

Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode Emma, Anthony, and Mikayla chat to one of our students, Ben (BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology), about his experience of engaging with The Academic Skills Team throughout his degree.

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22:10

Descriptive Vs. Critical Writing

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2024/08/19

Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss descriptive vs. critical writing: what do we mean by descriptive writing? How can you make your writing critical? This episode features Emma and Anthony.

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30:10

Imposter Syndrome

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2024/07/22

Join the Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss Imposter Syndrome, sharing our experiences of it and our strategies for dealing with it. This episode features Emma, Anthony, Nicola, and Alice.

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32:29

Reassessments

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2024/06/11

Join the Academic Skills Team for The Skills Pod. In this episode we discuss reassessments, sharing our tips on: dealing with setbacks, using feedback to improve your assessments moving forward, and strategies/resources available to support you during the reassessment period and beyond. This episode features Emma, Anthony, Stefan, and Alice.

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14:21

Top Tips: Editing and Proofreading

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2024/05/20

Join the University of Chester's Academic Skills Team for another episode of The Skills Pod as we share our top tips for Editing and Proofreading.

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