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Independent study is
one of the key backbones

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of undergraduate work
at university level.

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I think undergraduate
students need

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to become independent learners
and good problem solvers.

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I think independent study
is hugely important.

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The information that we as
lecturers provide the students

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really should only
be a starting point.

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Independent study
is probably one

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of the most difficult
things for students

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when they first arrive at
university doing art subjects

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because they've gone from having
25 hours a week contact time

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to suddenly having six or seven.

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The lecturers and
the teaching sessions

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we provide the directions,
we provide the material

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and the environment,
but then the students

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have to sit down, bang
their head against the wall,

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and understand the material,
come up with new ideas,

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and make their own
little contribution.

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I think the students
that focus on identifying

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what kinds of questions
we've been asking

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and what ways of thinking
we've been trying to explore

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tend to have good
revisioning practises.

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Students who just
read over their notes

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without reflecting on what
those notes were about

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and whether 12 weeks on they
agree with what they wrote

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in week one, their revision
practises aren't as effective.

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Revision is an ongoing process.

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It starts from the moment
that you begin your university

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course.

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Students rarely if ever
do well in examinations

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if they're revised
at that last minute.

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I liken it more to a
sprint that can only

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be undertaken after a good
period of training beforehand.

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What we offer is a
way of a transition

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so that we help students
become independent learners

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in their first year of study.

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And this then enables them
to become fully independent

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lifelong learners
after they leave us.

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Essentially, an
undergraduate degree

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is a transition from
dependence to independence.