Why blog?

Welcome to the INS2013 NILE site and weblog. This is for us, and you (see Sign Up Now!), to let everybody else know about useful/interesting news/views/tips etc., so we hope you'll check it out for new stuff when you log on.

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We would like you to contribute to this web-log (or blog), if you find an article or website which you have found useful or interesting (to do with this module of course!), we'd like you to share it. First of all you will need to create an account on blogger.com, it is fairly straightforward and intuitive but if you need further help there is a help document in the 'downloads' section on NILE.

Study Skills for the New Term

Would you like to upgrade your study skills ready for the 2nd year? Here's two ideas:
Check out our own Centre for Academic Practice (http://almond.admin.nene.ac.uk:7777/portal/page?_pageid=1133,4109676&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL)

Palgrave Macmillan have created 3 short audio downloads offering free advice on critical thinking skills, managing money, and exam and revision skills. These can be played from their study skills website or downloaded onto an MP3 player. This is the link:
http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/mp3s.asp