What should you expect from your first year at university? While the freedoms that come with leaving home for the first time will occupy most students thoughts when it comes to their first year of university, the reality of studying at the undergraduate level quickly dawn on many for whom the experience will be quite often a shock from the confines of the school classroom.The first few weeks at university are amongst the busiest of a young adult’s life anyway, but the challenge of new learning styles and independent study can add to what is already a very full plate of activities for most.Put simply, university is very different from school in terms of what is expected either in the classroom or the laboratory. New teaching styles Dr David Brown, Reader of American History at the University of Manchester and an experienced teacher of first year undergraduate students believes that many of the most obvious pitfalls in adjusting to studying at university can be avoided. -
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