This innovative book takes a practical, no-nonsense approach to all areas of undergraduate life, from getting started and maximizing learning opportunities to making choices, mastering time management and succeeding in exams. It also covers the wider aspects of the university experience including peer pressure, finances and grasping the opportunities available to undergraduates throughout their degree course. The book concludes with guidance on how to break into a career as a graduate.

Introduction
Getting Started
Maximising Your Learning Opportunities
Making the Most of Your Time
Working Your Options
Beyond the Studying
What if Things Go Wrong?
Examinations and Postgraduate Options
Life After Your Degree
Bibliography
Index

LUCINDA BECKER teaches at the University of Reading within the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Management Department. She is also a professional trainer, devising, developing and delivering courses in effective communication, successful presentations, management techniques and job search skills. She is co-author (with Joan van Emden) of Effective Communication for Arts and Humanities Students, and is a member of the Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.