Essential Academic Skills encourages and supports students to develop their skills to become the best learners they can be. It takes a step-by-step approach to the essential skills required to complete a university degree, and provides activities which give students the power to understand and improve how they learn.

About the Author
Kathy Turner is a lecturer at the Queensland Institute of Business and Technology, Griffith University, where she teaches academic skills courses to both undergraduate and postgraduate qualifying students. Lyn Ireland is Tertiary Access Coordinator, School of Indigenous Australian Studies, James Cook University. Lyn is a highly experienced educator within the Indigenous context. She has over 25 years teaching experience encompassing Aboriginal communities both remote and urban in North Queensland and in the Northern Territory. Brenda Krenus is Senior Adviser, Strategic Initiatives, to the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), RMIT. She has taught in a wide range of tertiary settings offering programs in English language and communication to students studying internationally. Leigh Pointon is Academic Director at Queensland Institute of Business and Technology, Griffith University.


Book Information
ISBN 9780195576054
Author Kathy Turner
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand
Publisher Oxford University Press Australia
Weight(grams) 800g
Dimensions(mm) 256mm * 190mm * 18mm