{"product_id":"study-smart-everything-they-forgot-to-tell-you-about-university","title":"Study Smart: Everything they forgot to tell you about university","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUniversity isn’t just about getting a degree. It’s about what happens to you while you’re getting one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStudy Smart: Everything They Forgot to Tell You About University\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a practical guide to studying — but it is also a book about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ewhy we study in the first place\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYes, you’ll find advice on how to read academic books and journal articles, write better assignments, think critically, manage your attention, use AI wisely, work ethically and cope when things don’t quite go to plan. But this isn’t a collection of study hacks designed simply to help you get through your next assignment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniversity should do something more than fill your head with information. At its best, it changes the way you think. It teaches you to ask better questions, weigh evidence, challenge assumptions, communicate ideas clearly and become comfortable with sometimes saying, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI don’t know yet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on years of teaching university students, Stephen J. Mordue explores the things that higher education often expects students to somehow already know: how university works, what lecturers are actually looking for, why academic reading feels so difficult, what critical thinking really means, how to make your writing clearer, and why struggling with something can be evidence that you are learning rather than evidence that you don’t belong.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlong the way, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStudy Smart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e tackles the hidden curriculum of university, the battle for your attention in a permanently distracted world, the difference between learning and simply completing tasks, and the opportunities — and temptations — presented by AI.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in straightforward, conversational language, this is a book for new students, returning students, first-generation students, and anyone who has ever looked around a university classroom and wondered whether everybody else has been given a set of instructions they somehow missed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are tips. There are strategies. There are things you can start doing differently tomorrow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the bigger idea is simple:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eUniversity isn’t about proving how clever you already are. It’s about becoming more capable than you were when you arrived.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou’re not just earning a degree.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eYou’re learning how to learn, how to think — and perhaps how to see the world a little differently.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: [101]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN: [9798192620755]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shorts Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55748903469398,"sku":"SM-BOOK-002","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/3616\/3926\/files\/StudySmart.jpg?v=1791985661","url":"https:\/\/shop.shortsmedia.org\/products\/study-smart-everything-they-forgot-to-tell-you-about-university","provider":"Shorts Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}