{"id":2111,"date":"2024-06-05T14:06:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/bpscoretextbooks\/?page_id=2111"},"modified":"2025-10-23T08:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:14:10","slug":"supporting-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/bpscoretextbooks\/student-resources\/supporting-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are some helpful links to resources built to support your learning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/our-customers\/students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Routledge Student Survival Skills Hub<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Student Survival Skills hub offers everything you need to know to help you through with the questions that face all students. With loads of free to download content and short articles addressing key topics, our aim is to help you through your time at university and beyond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/go\/study-skills-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Routledge Study Skills Collection<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find guidance on improving your study skills, whether in essay writing, research, critical thinking or more with this collection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.bps.org.uk\/local\/intellicart\/view.php?id=220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"How to Make the Most of Your Dissertation Webinar\">BPS How to Make the Most of Your Dissertation Webinar (\u00a3)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 90 minute on-demand webinar from the BPS will cover what can be expected from the psychology dissertation process within a university setting, the key skills that will be developed (including ethical competence), the role of a supervisor, and some of the resources that students can use for further general support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.org.uk\/collections\/student-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BPS Student Life<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore this curated list of BPS articles on living and learning as a student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Critical Thinking?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Critical thinking is an essential skill for students, but what does&nbsp;<em>critical thinking&nbsp;<\/em>really mean and why do tutors place such high importance on developing it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out, watch Prof. Sue Sherman\u2019s video below and check out this article from the&nbsp;BPS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.org.uk\/psychologist\/why-critical-thinking-important-psychology-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Why is critical thinking important for Psychology students?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-element-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-92ef7b19 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<media-player  load=\"visible\" id=\"vidstack-video-block_1d27dd644fe9e5a23b7b4527267f006d\" class=\"vidstack-video\" title=\"What is critical thinking?\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod\/bpscoretextbooks\/BPS-Critical-Thinking.mp4\">\n  <media-provider>\n                  <track src=\"https:\/\/cdn-staging.routledgelearning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/assets\/sites\/4\/BPS-Critical-Thinking-en-GB.vtt\" kind=\"subtitles\" srclang=\"en\" label=\"English\">\n                        <media-poster\n          class=\"vds-poster\"\n          alt=\"\">\n        <\/media-poster>\n\n  <\/media-provider>\n  <media-video-layout><\/media-video-layout>\n  <media-controls class=\"vds-controls\">\n      <media-controls-group class=\"vds-controls-group\"><\/media-controls-group>\n  <\/media-controls>\n<\/media-player><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7fc8beef wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p>Susan M. 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