Book Celebration

16 November 2006

4:00pm

Venue: SLC@Epsom (Z block, Epsom campus)
Contact: RSVP to Victoria Trembath (v.trembath@auckland.ac.nz) by 14th November (for catering)

SCORE MORE: Essential Academic Skills for Tertiary Education

The editors are pleased to announce the publication of a new academic skills book with contributors from the Massey University College of Education, The Student Learning Centre of the University of Auckland and The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand:

Adams, P., Openshaw, R., & Trembath, V. (Eds.). (2006). Score more: Essential academic skills for tertiary education. Melbourne: Thomson.

The book is designed for undergraduate students (and those new to post-graduate study) and introduces core academic skills such as getting organised for studying, using the library and library databases, note-taking, writing clearly (with appropriate structure and grammar), citation, quotation and referencing formats (APA) with a particular emphasis on on-line sources, and using core academic forms such as essays, reports, posters, journal articles, and oral presentations.

The text is in a larger format, is 250 pages, has an excellent index, and the student price is approximately $33 [ISBN 10: 0-17-013305-2]. Please contact Peter Redgrove (Thomson Learning, NZ) for inspection copies: Peter.Redgrove@thomson.com

* RSVP to Victoria Trembath (v.trembath@auckland.ac.nz) by 14^th November (for catering)