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NB For current students, please see the separate page for English Language Support resources (including details of the School's in-house English for Academic Purposes classes for London-based face-to-face students, and links to external UK-based English language courses and additional external electronic resources for all Distance Learning (DL) and London-based students).

Writing Skills and Referencing Resources 

Click for a package of materials developed by LSHTM staff to help you develop your academic English writing skills* prior to progressing with your Distance Learning (DL) or London-based face-to-face course (which will be particularly important in essay-based modules and exams, and for your research project report).  The materials include an online interactive self-assessment exercise in which you are provided with immediate feedback and links to further support available on external websites.

The School also has an Academic Writing Handbook* giving general guidance about how to write in the 'academic style' the School expects (relevant for all students, including DL and London-based students). The Library and Archive Services also maintain an Academic Writing Bundle with many useful links to aid you with any academic writing such as tips on planning, structure, style and composition.

Maths and Numeracy Skills 

Click for a package of materials developed by LSHTM staff to help you refresh your basic maths skills* prior to progressing with your Distance Learning (DL) or London-based face-to-face modules (some of which will contain basic mathematical content - in particular those with 'Statistics' or 'Epidemiology' in the module title).  The basic maths materials include an online interactive self-assessment exercise (in which you are provided with immediate feedback and solutions), PowerPoint slides and a Word document of notes, exercises and solutions.

You may also find the links below of use as well:

Statistics and Epidemiology Skills

All LSHTM Distance Learning (DL) and London-based face-to-face students will receive formal teaching on statistics and epidemiology, if these are required components of their courses. As pre-course reading, you may find the following book helpful:

In addition, Professor Hans Rosling (co-founder of the Gapminder Institute), provides an interesting and useful one hour long video on ‘The Joy of Stats’ on his website:

If you are unable to watch the full video but would like to view, listen to, or read the transcript of the most relevant extracts from this video for your courses then click the following link to the Open University website compilation:

On this Open University website, the four extracted mini videos (3-5 minutes each) of most relevance for LSHTM students are:

In addition, there is a useful 3-4 minute introduction to ‘statistical distributions’ starting 20 minutes into the full video (available from http://www.gapminder.org/videos/the-joy-of-stats/), which would be best viewed after ‘The Joy Of Stats: Above average’ but before ‘The Joy Of Stats: The Lady With A Data Visualisation’.

Library and Literature Searching Skills

If you are a Distance Learning (DL) student, click for a brief introduction to LSHTM Library Services for DL students.* On any slides where you are prompted for your username and password, enter your Portal login details provided by the University of London International Programmes.

If you are a London-based student attending face-to-face classes, click for a guide through LSHTM Library Services and the associated training that is available. Enter your usual network login details in order to access any intranet web pages that you may be directed to.

The following resource has been developed by LSHTM Library staff to help you with searching the literature effectively (and is relevant for all DL and London-based students).*

IT Skills

For IT training materials to help guide you in the use of Microsoft Office applications (such as Word and Excel), bibliography database / reference manager applications, and in using the Internet, please click the following link:
http://intra.lshtm.ac.uk/its/ittraining/learningmaterials/  You will be prompted for your username and password (see below for details).

If you are a London-based student attending face-to-face classes then enter your usual network login details here in order to access the intranet.

If you are a Distance Learning (DL) student then enter your Portal login details here as provided by the University of London International Programmes.

General Study Skills

Group Work

Memory Skills

Time Management 

Presentation Skills

Research Skills

Using the Internet

Science Study Skills

Searching Databases

Research Degree Study Skills

Other

If you have any comments about this page or come across any broken links, please contact Hazel Young in the Quality & Management Team. 

* The study skills materials on this web page that are marked with an asterisk (*) have been developed by staff of LSHTM specifically for LSHTM MSc students (and tailored to their needs), with copyright held by LSHTM. Those outside of LSHTM may also find a selection of these materials to be of some interest. The sharing of these LSHTM study skills materials is covered by the following creative commons licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ 

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