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This is the definitive guide to successful study as an international postgraduate student. Chapters cover all the core academic skills, including time management, reading, referencing, critical thinking, doing research, and writing and speaking for assessment. The book features a wealth of examples, activities and checklists to help students hone their skills.
The 2nd edition features:

- New content on managing digital sources, using electronic databases and poster presentation
- Additional activities on referencing and critical thinking
- Practical pointers to help students hit the ground running and quickly get to grips with the expectations and conventions of postgraduate study

This skills-focused book is written for international students completing postgraduate degrees in western tertiary institutions. It outlines what I think all students need to know to survive in the tertiary sector, and is based on my experience in teaching international students over a 30 year period. The book offers a range of relevant exercises, models of good (and bad) practice, and practical suggestions for making the transition from undergraduate to independent, resourceful and self-reliant graduate student. It was first published with Palgrave MacMillan in 2011. Two weeks after its release, it sold over 1600 copies, and become a recommended text in institutions in the UK, Australia, Japan, India and Dubai. It is now being translated into Arabic.

• 'Study Skills for International Postgraduates" is an excellent introduction to the culture and demands of Anglo-American post-graduate education. The sections on how to construct papers are especially useful, even for those already familiar with Anglo-American practices. This is a valuable "how-to" manual for those undertaking study abroad.' – Professor Herman Schwartz, University of Virginia, USA.

• 'Extremely comprehensive and detailed, Study Skills for International Postgraduates is a 'must-have' for all graduate students. The writing is clear and concise, with excellent descriptions and examples provided throughout. Students will find the suggestions for time management, study skills, and oorganizing research and the writing process invaluable.' – Associate Professor Kristen P. Williams, Clark University, USA.

• 'Extensive in its coverage, Study Skills for International Postgraduates is written in a friendly, accessible style and is sure to be a great, practical resource for international students.' Professsor Hayo Reinders, Middlesex University, UK.

• 'The most concrete and practical guide on the market on how to achieve a postgraduate degree, with a maximum of how-to skills and competencies.' Lotte Rienecker, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

*“Davies effectively distils many years’ pedagogic experience with international postgraduate students, within a Western, English-speaking higher education culture, usefully brought up to date by addressing some of the challenges of increasingly prevalent online delivery, informed by the recent COVID-19 related actions forced on HE Institutions. The book therefore delivers wisdom, both historic and forward-looking, making it ideal as a reference tool to take the newly arrived international postgrad, for whom it is primarily intended, from the early days of settling in and making friends, through their academic programme, closing with suggestions about doctoral research. Offering the book to all incoming international students as part of a ‘welcome pack’ would be an excellent idea. … Academics who might be teaching these same international postgraduates would benefit from reading the book, firstly to enhance their knowledge of the challenges faced by their students and secondly to identify approaches which they could incorporate into their future pedagogical approach. Indeed, with international students’ relevance and their importance to many HE Institutions it would make good sense for this book to become required reading for both newly appointed academics, through their PG Certificates in Higher Education or Academic Professional Apprenticeships, so that they could develop their pedagogy from its inception with the international student in mind.” Dr Ivan Newman, Higher Education Specialist. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 24 (2022).

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