Seven Core skills

A. Research
How to set up and structure good research. This skill covers the criteria, research aims, and research steps.

B. Study and Self-management
This skill supports students in making a study plan, and diagnosing their strengths and weaknesses in order to improve their own performance, including the development of an individual learning contract to set goals and measure progress.

C. Reading
How to scan a book, how to deal with online databases. This skill also helps to develop argumentation skills and to identify misleading argumentation.

D. Listening
How to manage the information presented during lectures, how to prepare a good interview and how to process the captured information.

E. Writing
This skill covers everything from correct referencing, making a good bibliography, and layout to spelling errors.

F. Presentation
This skill deals with how to prepare a presentation, setting clear goals, defining the aim of presentation, understanding your audience, making slides and how to design a presentation.

G. Team and Project management
This skill deals with group meetings, group assignments, feedback and peer-teaching.