Kerry Vevers
September 20, 2022

Transition to university: academic expectations

Posted in: academic integrity, academic skills, critical thinking, ethical scholar, group working, plagiarism, student experience, transition

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A group of students are walking up a staircase on campus up the Parade. The University of Bath logo is on the wall behind them. There is colourful bunting on the staircase and it's a lovely sunny day.

Starting your university studies is a big, exciting step but you may not understand yet how academic life will be different from school or college.

In this series of short videos, Digital & Academic Skills Teaching Fellow Alex Paramour and student ambassador Lisa Gosset guide you through some key academic expectations and concepts and offer some tips to make your transition to Bath as smooth as possible.

Independent learning

Collaborative learning

Lectures, seminars and tutorials

Academic integrity

Critical thinking

Academic spoken language

The Skills Centre's skills enrichment courses and sessions, which you can take alongside your course, explore some of these themes in more depth.

If you have any questions about starting your studies at Bath, please comment below.

Posted in: academic integrity, academic skills, critical thinking, ethical scholar, group working, plagiarism, student experience, transition

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