Professional and Academic Skills 

Full reading list - printed books and ebooks: QAHE Library Catalogue

Full reading list - ebooks: Ulster Keylinks

Core textbook

Cameron, S. (2021) The business student's handbook: skills for study and employment [ebook]. 7th edn. Harlow: Pearson Education. 

Recommended titles - Cottrell study skills

Cottrell, S. (2019) The study skills handbook. 5th edn. London: Red Globe Press. 

Cottrell, S. (2017) Critical thinking skills: effective analysis, argument and reflection. 3rd edn. London: Palgrave. 

Cottrell, S. (2021) Skills for success: personal development and employability. 4th edn. London: Red Globe Press. 

Recommended titles - reading and writing 

Godfrey, J. (2013) How to use your reading in your essays. 3rd edn. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 

Greetham, B. (2018) How to write better essays. 4th edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.  

Peck, J. and Coyle, M. (2012) The student's guide to writing: grammar, punctuation and spelling. 3rd edn. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. 

Godfrey, J. (2020) The student phrase book: vocabulary for writing at university. 2nd edn. Basingstoke: Red Globe Press. 

Recommended titles - other skills

Chatfield, T. (2018) Critical thinking: your guide to effective argument, successful analysis & independent study. London: Sage 

Van Emden, J. and Becker, L. (2016) Presentation skills for students. 3rd edn. London: Palgrave. 

Pears, R. and Shields, G.J. (2022) Cite them right: the essential referencing guide. 12th edn.  

Recommended titles - other

Cavoulacos, A. and Minshew, K. (2019) The new rules of work: the ultimate career guide for the modern workplace. London: Orion Spring.