Personal Organisation and Expectations

To make your life easier in higher education there are some practical issues you should be aware of early on. These include organisational tasks such as sorting out your files. They also include points that will help you make the most your teaching, for example, knowing how to prepare for a tutorial.

As your course progresses, you will become more confident about your academic work, and in ‘knowing your way around’ higher education. If you start out with a few clues about what your experiences are likely to be, and how you can best prepare for them as a learner, the steps to becoming more confident and proficient will be clearer. This chapter aims to provide some of those ...