Motivation, time management and organisation on your part, combined with quality learning materials and tutor support are the secret of your success.
Motivation
Self improvement, higher qualifications and increased salary, and a better job are the obvious benefits. But it isn't just about money and jobs, it is also about feeling good about yourself by fulfilling your potential, and proving to yourself that you've got what it takes.
Time management and organisation
We strongly advise you to manage your study time carefully. You should clarify your aims, identify your strengths and weaknesses, consider the context in which you will be studying and generate a broad strategy for successfully covering the material and completing the course.
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When reviewing the requirements of any particular module or unit, you should consider your situation, workload and home responsibilities in the relevant study period, then develop specific realistic plans for active study and writing.
You might also want to set yourself targets for:
• The amount of time within which you will seek to complete a task;
• The quantity of work you aim to do in a particular week;
• Progress through the modules or units, bearing in mind your other responsibilities and tasks;
• Progress on assignments.
You should plan and monitor what you do, and where necessary, act to improve
the process, quantity and quality of your work. You should make decisions about the importance you will attach to tasks, the time you choose to allocate to them, and sequence in which you will do them.
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