Student Life & Student Affairs

Essential guide to British universities that gives you all the information you need to make the crucial decisions on what to study, where to study, and how much it might cost. Objective and authoritative, it is the best-selling guide to making the right...

Producing a dissertation has become a major requirement of most university courses, both undergraduate and Masters. It's likely to be the largest single piece of work you'll have to submit - and also the hardest! Writing a Dissertation For Dummies walks...

This straight-talking guide will help you develop your essay-writing skills and achieve higher marks Do ever wish that you could write the perfect university essay? Are you left baffled about where to start? This easy-to-use guide walks you through the...

In every UK classroom, an estimated three children suffer from a diagnosable mental health problem. Proactive Pastoral Care is a vital guide to enable secondary teachers to empower their students to make healthy life choices and look after their...

'THE CHAMBERS DICTIONARY IS THE MOST USEFUL AND DIVERTING SINGLE-VOLUME WORD-HOARD AVAILABLE' Telegraph'CHAMBERS IS A MARVEL OF WIT, CLARITY AND PRACTICALITY' Observer'THE MOST HUMAN OF DICTIONARIES' Philip Pullman'CHAMBERS IS AN OPEN DOOR TO WORDS AT...

First day jitters? Exam nerves? Money worries? Get all your uni life questions answered inside! Oxford graduate and award-winning journalist Lucy Tobin gives you the lowdown on everything you need to know to have a brilliant time at uni and...

When it first appeared in the 1970s, The Little Red Schoolbook was banned by the UK authorities, which confiscated copies and prosecuted the publisher under the Obscene Publications Act. Why? Because this little book aimed to educate teenagers about...

What would a genuinely supportive school day look like in real practice, for children who have experienced attachment difficulties and developmental vulnerability? What are the core features of an attachment-friendly school? How can we promote...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781942589174Author Natalie JanjiFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Hal Elrod International, Inc.Publisher Hal Elrod International, Inc.Weight(grams)...

In this galvanizing follow-up to the best-selling Teaching with Poverty in Mind, renowned educator and learning expert Eric Jensen digs deeper into engagement as the key factor in the academic success of economically disadvantaged students.Drawing from...

_______________ 'In the vein of Agatha Christie herself. Startling' - Irish Times 'Magical in every way ... One of the best novels I've ever read' - Fearne Cotton 'As much a coming-of-age tale as a murder mystery ... An impressive debut' - The...

"If you're looking to be that top student, this book is a must!" - five-star student review Packed with study tips, activities, templates and quotes from students, this is your essential guide to university, showing you step-by-step how to study...

The groundbreaking book that puts the focus on teens and young adults with social challenges This book offers parents a step-by-step guide to making and keeping friends for teens and young adults with social challenges-such as those diagnosed with autism...

Shortlisted for Special Education Resource of the Year at the Education Resources Awards 2021. Motivate your learners to succeed with Action Jackson! From motivational speaker and founder of Fix Up Seminars, Action Jackson, comes an inspirational...

The Student Wellbeing Toolkit puts wellbeing at the centre of your journey into university and beyond. By encouraging self-efficacy and a focus on the things you can control, it provides clear guidance to enhance wellbeing and opportunities for...

A brand new edition of the bestselling book that helps students and young people to develop critical leadership skills The Student Leadership Challenge is based on four decades of research on what people are doing when at their personal-best as leaders...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780767917872Author Cal NewportFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Random House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781855034884Author Chris PimFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint LDAPublisher LDA

Your essential guide to wellbeing in education. Despite many school leaders and teaching and non-teaching staff working hard to support children's and their own wellbeing, more needs to be done. This book provides you with the necessary tools and...

The secret to giving better feedback isn't what we say - it's what others hear. Too often, people hear about a past they can't control, not a future they can. That changes with "feedforward" - a radical approach to sharing feedback that unleashes the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989387757Author Young Dreamers PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Young Dreamers PressPublisher YDP Creative IncWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

Andrew Cowley, author of The Wellbeing Toolkit and co-founder of Healthy Toolkit (@HealthyToolkit), presents the ultimate guide to help primary schools develop a practical, principled and values-driven wellbeing curriculum for their pupils. Schools...

'Equal parts practical, funny and illuminating - belongs on the required reading list for life' - Sarah Knight, internationally bestselling author of Get Your Sh!t TogetherAccessible and inspirational, The Unbreakable Student is the self-care guide that...

Helping Doctoral Students Write offers a proven approach to effective doctoral writing. By treating research as writing and writing as research, the authors offer pedagogical strategies for doctoral supervisors that will assist the production of...

This work suggests strategies for working with children who can't settle down to work, who have angry outbursts, who demand constant attention or who display a whole range of challenging behaviours. The book's special format allows the reader to look up...

BIG SHIFTS IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS AHEAD! College acceptance has changed in big ways since the pandemic, and you need to know how. Now, learn about the shifts in and strategies for a vibrant high school journey and college acceptance at your dream schools...

For five consecutive generations, from roughly 1880-1980, Native American children in the United States and Canada were forcibly taken from their families and relocated to residential schools. The stated goal of this government program was to "kill the...

The Teacher and the Teenage Brain is essential reading for all teachers and students of education. This book offers a fascinating introduction to teenage brain development and shows how this knowledge has changed the way we understand young people. It...

Having a good CV is integral for securing your perfect job. This book gives you the tools necessary to produce a persuasive CV, targeted at the relevant career and accurately reflecting your value to a potential employer. Learn how to target your CV...

Based on sound research and experience by leading author Gary Wilson, this Pocket PAL provides and introduction to why boys underachieve along with a practical toolkit of proven strategies to help raise boys' attainment across all age boundaries,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781989790571Author Young Dreamers PressFormat PaperbackPage Count 102Imprint Young Dreamers PressPublisher YDP Creative IncWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

In The Culture Trap, Derron Wallace argues that the overreliance on culture to explain Black students' achievement and behavior in schools is a trap that undermines the historical factors and institutional processes that shape how Black students...

Teachers are brain changers. Thus it would seem obvious that an understanding of the brain - the organ of learning - would be critical to a teacher's readiness to work with students. Unfortunately, in traditional public, public-charter, private,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award 2008.Book InformationISBN 9780767926966Author Erin GruwellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Broadway...

This book shows how to create a mentally healthy school by empowering young people to champion emotional wellbeing and positive mental health. It provides a practical toolkit to recruit and train Wellbeing Champions so that they can help to create an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767932585Author Cal NewportFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615947464Author Francis Myles ChancellorFormat PaperbackPage Count 66Imprint Order of Melchizedek Leadership UniversityPublisher Order of Melchizedek...

An NPR Favorite Book of the Year"Breaks new ground on social and educational questions of great import."-Washington Post"An essential work, humane and candid, that challenges and expands our understanding of the lives of contemporary college students...

Unlocking the Possibilities: Insider Secrets to College, Career, and Beyond divulges insider secrets for simple but effective strategies to "hack" school, work, and life challenges. Anyone learning something new can benefit from this book, especially 16-...

In Dreams of Flight, Fran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad. On one hand, unmarried middle-class women in the single-child generations are encouraged to develop themselves as...