Enhancing student time management

"Time management is the skill which above all others can make the difference between graduating and drop out.” - Ruth Pickford and Sally Brown, Assessing Skills and Practice (London: Routledge, 2006), 47.

The importance of good time management practices in Higher Education is widely acknowledged. However these are rarely taught or explored formally during degree programmes, although many students find effective time management increasingly challenging. Modularisation and split Finals now make good time management practices imperative from the start of a student’s career. There are more students undertaking paid work, or studying part-time, at a distance, or with additional responsibilities. In addition, there is the easy accessibility of distractions such as social networking sites and mobile phones.

At the University of Reading we will be undertaking research with university students and academics into study resources which support and develop good time management practices. Using a practice-led approach, the results of our research will contribute to an evidence base for academic practitioners, and enable the development of effective peer-reviewed resources to support good time management practices for students.

In these pages you will find:

*    Self-help webpages for students to help them develop their time management practices. 

*    A list of downloadable study resources on time management, licensed for free  use and adaptation to your own institution's needs under a Creative Commons License.

*    Surveys of existing provisions in universities in England for supporting student time management practices, and of current research into time management in students.

*    Reports on projects and research carried out on this topic at the University of Reading. 

*    Case studies describing interventions to enhance student time management practices.

*    An annotated bibliography of published resources.

*    A list of websites you may find useful.

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