For many of our students, business was not your first love. No, don’t explain. . . .We understand. We also understand that it’s important to get up to speed on business terminology and research techniques, as well as developing skills like reading financial reports and writing business plans. We’ve created our Flying Start ebook collection… Read more
And we’ve come to the final blogpost with academic study tips from Suzette. Writing may seem big and scary, but it doesn’t have to be! It is a skill to be a disciplined writer, but if you use the following strategy you’ll be sure to find a great essay at the end of it. Writing… Read more
Suzette is back with a third instalment of study tips to get you through your graduate studies. The most important thing to remember about note taking is that you are taking notes for yourself (and not anyone else). Make the page your own, and write things down the way you would best remember them! General… Read more
Here is the second instalment of academic study tips from Suzette. Tracking what you read is important in any student’s life–if you’re reading from lists or doing research. Start early with these tips, and you’ll breeze through the coming year! Tracking and referencing Referencing: – I cannot reiterate enough: always reference your literature in your… Read more
Michaelmas Term has properly started, and students have filled the colourful halls of CJBS. Here are some tips and tricks for studying and writing to make your grad experience a little bit easier. In the following four blog posts, Suzette gives some useful study skills tips. Note that most of these techniques are matters of… Read more
Welcome to all our new students. The Information & Library Services team are here to provide you with all the reports and data you’ll need for your projects and assignments, as well as those crucial reading list books. Make yourself at home in the Information Centre: we have beanbags, large tables, and Bloomberg too! We… Read more
For those of you who grew up in the UK, this next bit may not be new. But, if like me, you did not grow up here, the names of the terms may be a bit confusing for you. Not to worry, it’s fairly simple. The official Cambridge University term dates are: Fall Term =… Read more
Dealing with anxiety, depression, stress? We see you, and we’d like to help. There are many useful resources available from the University that you can find on the Student Wellbeing pages. We’d also like to draw your attention to our print and digital Boost collections. These collections contain inspirational titles, practical self-care, and sweary books… Read more
Looking for some positive reinforcement on International Women’s Day? Look no further than these books by and about inspiring women. The books can be used by any member of the University, just click the cover below and use your Raven ID to login. Or access them from iDiscover, just like your reading list texts, if… Read more
We love celebrating all things “book,” so we couldn’t pass on creating a collection to help you celebrate World Book Day. What would be better than providing online access to some of the 100 best sellers of all time (as calculated by The Guardian)? Well. . .it turns out that academic libraries don’t really collect… Read more