Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence - Leeds Trinity Uni

This assignment explores essential academic skills and study strategies relevant to students at Leeds Trinity University. It begins by addressing how to find and evaluate information sources, emphasizing the importance of credible resources. The assignment then delves into the CRAAP test, explaining its components (Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose) and how it can be applied to assess the reliability of information. Furthermore, the assignment outlines key support services provided by Leeds Trinity University, such as those for students with disabilities and mental health services, and discusses the 'Be Brilliant' resource available on the university's library website, highlighting its role in academic learning, research, and referencing. The conclusion underscores the significance of these skills and resources in fostering academic success and confidence.

ACAEDEMIC SKILLS
AND STUDYING WITH
CONFIDENCE

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
How do you find information and evaluate its source? ..............................................................1
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................1
What do you understand by a CRAAP test and how do you use it for your studies? ................1
TASK 3............................................................................................................................................2
Please list down the key support services provided by Leeds Trinity University and explain 3
support services of your choice...................................................................................................2
TASK 4............................................................................................................................................3
What do you understand by ‘Be Brilliant’ tab available at Leeds Trinity University’s Library
Website and how would you use Be Brilliant in your studies?...................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The academic skills are those that is essential to attain long term success and
development as in future period of instance. It induces a certain level of confidence and
motivation as with this profitable ending is resulted in that assist a better future with adequate
success.
TASK 1
How do you find information and evaluate its source?
It is always be required that adequate information is collected and gathered by which all
the redundancy and complex situations is getting resolved within stipulated period of time. In
this sustained outcome is attained that induces an ordinate level of outcome and in support of this
suitable information is collected with support of internet sources, books, articles etc. It assist to
make and generate adequate outcome as for instance internet source help to gathered all the
relevant information from which rate of redundancy and complexity is resolved and a sustained
level of information and knowledge is developed that induce better level of clarity about
individual topic (Chuang and et. al., 2018). Furthermore, it make better understanding and
learning under which sufficient level of change is processed as with this profitable level of
changes is progressed with perfection. In support of internet suitable transparency is developed
as with this reading and learning of books and journals as per suitability is processed with
perfection. Moreover, in this adequate level of learning is attained as a varied range of
information is gathered that aid a clear level of motivation and encouragement as with this a
positive tilt is shifted towards professional and personal development and advancement.
TASK 2
What do you understand by a CRAAP test and how do you use it for your studies?
CRAAP test is defined as currency, relevance, authority, accuracy and purpose that
basically addressed a certain set of questions which is asked with support of series. It helps to
achieve and accomplish suitable level of determination as with this source credibility and its
identification is processed with better relevance as about research. It is a test that is processed
with the aim to make it easier as with this effectual level of determination is processed in
between students and educators as with this adequate trust also get developed in systematic
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manner. In this researcher make clear level of evaluation of sources as with this effectual
likelihood is addressed and in parallel unreliable information is reduced. In this test accuracy is
pertained on the basis of information reliability as by making appropriate worth (Pinar, Yildirim
and Sayin, 2018). It is a test that is also be used to make effective level of evaluation as by
maintaining clear focus and concern towards suitable topic. It is tempted with the suitability of
source that actually seems to provide agreeableness about thesis as by remembering of suitable
and relevance information as with adequate support of online environment. It offer a list of
questions that is asked to processed reliable and credible information as from the academic
research paper as by keeping the appropriate radar of relevancy, authority, date, appearance,
writing and reason. In relation to currency suitable timeline is used as about to published
adequate information as about adequate topic and it is dependent over the copyright content. As
about relevance intended information is collected that offer adequate level of variety as about
reflect determination. In terms of authority credential information is offered as with support of
publisher that assist to generate suitable answers of questions. The accuracy is dependent over
reliability, correctness, content and truthfulness as with this unbiased information is resolved
with adequateness.
TASK 3
Please list down the key support services provided by Leeds Trinity University and explain 3
support services of your choice.
Leeds Trinity University has offered various support services for student support and well
being as with this better understanding about need and demand of student is processed in better
mode. In this high quality service is supported that ensure adequate flourish as during particular
time (Tams, Thatcher and Grover, 2018). In addition to this suitable information is offered that
provide suitable opportunities as it induce clear level of opportunities in order to advance wider
range that provide adequate help and support as per need that is concerned and focused about to
resolved students issues and complexity. In this University offer different type of services that is
as explained below as: Students with disabilities: In concern to these students, University provide adequate and
external support to its students as those have a range of disabilities. It basically consist of
dyslexia and other difficulties in learning, medical conditions, mental health concern,
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physical and mobility difficulties, Asperger's syndrome and visual and hearing
impairment and in addition temporary injuries also get managed as like broken arm etc.
For this accessible camps is developed that offer accommodation such as platform lifts
for the students that use wheelchair, en-suite rooms, automatic doors, adapted fire alarms
to make clear hearing impairment and adapted kitchen. Student mental health and well-being service: In this student provide adequate level of
understanding and support that is used to explore suitable level of understanding as with
this all the difficulties are managed on controlled mode. In assist to direct adequate
support under which qualified and experience practitioner assist towards local and non
NHS services (Liu, 2020). For this schedule appointments is noticed as in order to
advance overall experience and its emotions by reducing rate of complexity.
 Student health registered with GP and get vaccinated: In this University provide
adequate level of advice and support a range of issues towards health range as with this
all the registered student get help of local GP and dentist. In this it is essential that living
is ensured as by receiving necessary care so as to catch local surgery.
TASK 4
What do you understand by ‘Be Brilliant’ tab available at Leeds Trinity University’s Library
Website and how would you use Be Brilliant in your studies?
Be Brilliant as in Leeds Trinity University library is used for searching as in this various
journals, reading list, keywords, academic research 1 and 2 is processed as with this it is easy to
gain adequate level of understanding about certain topic and with this reading and its listing both
get advanced as per better suitability. In addition to this it considered academic learning that is
processed with support of essay questions which is dependent on academic research.
Furthermore it also used for evaluating in which information is attained and collected with
support of sources as with this brilliant usage of information and its sources is processed as with
support of better usage. It also include the certain introduction about CRAAP test as with this
sufficient level of evaluation of information is progressed in systematic manner (Saylor and et.
al., 2018). Moreover, referencing is considered that provide adequate level of suitability about
Harvard referencing as with this adequate information is processed as per referencing, avoiding
plagiarism, APA 7th referencing as it is practiced in order to acknowledge others piece of idea
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and writing as per own work. It is used to gain authentic level of clarity as with this productive
and profitable level of adjustments is processed within timely frame.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that academic skills are required to gain
adequate level of understanding about different set of skills and abilities as with this working
credibilities is getting advanced in clear manner. For this adequate reflection is processed that is
used to find information with better evaluation, CRAAP test to understand and make adequate
use for studies and in addition key support services is provided that is supported by Leeds Trinity
University along with better availability of Be Brilliant studies.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Chuang, Y.H. and et. al., 2018. Effects of a skill demonstration video delivered by smartphone
on facilitating nursing students' skill competencies and self-confidence: A randomized
controlled trial study. Nurse education today. 66. pp.63-68.
Liu, S., 2020. An Investigation of International Students’ Perception of Social and Emotional
Competence and Their Confidence of Achieving Academic Success (Doctoral
dissertation, Widener University).
Pinar, S.E., Yildirim, G. and Sayin, N., 2018. Investigating the psychological resilience, self-
confidence and problem-solving skills of midwife candidates. Nurse education today.
64. pp.144-149.
Saylor, J. and et. al., 2018. Effects of a service learning experience on confidence and clinical
skills in baccalaureate nursing students. Nurse education today. 61. pp.43-48.
Tams, S., Thatcher, J.B. and Grover, V., 2018. Concentration, competence, confidence, and
capture: An experimental study of age, interruption-based technostress, and task
performance. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 19(9). p.2.
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