Girl reading book

You don’t need to do any subject-specific reading before you arrive and there is no expectation for you to purchase any textbooks as you will have online access to all the reading resources associated with your modules and you will also find hard copies in the library. However, students sometimes ask whether we have any suggestions so they can feel better prepared for their first classes.

Whether you’re about to start an undergraduate or postgraduate course with us, any new programme of study will require new types of reading and research. With time, however, you’ll become very used to accessing high-quality academic literature from the many journals and other publications that give you cutting-edge insights into the subjects you’ll be studying.

If you’re beginning a Masters’ degree, this is probably something you’re already used to doing at undergraduate level, and for you it’s all about taking the next step towards developing a deeper appreciation of how to evaluate and integrate others’ information and ideas into your own work.

The best advice we can offer you right now is to become more familiar with how to discover what’s going on in the world around you, and to practice your digital literacy skills by thinking more critically about everything you read and watch.



Last modified: Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 12:05 PM