Strategies

If you've had a negative experience of education, remind yourself that the university aims to promote a learning environment in which you're respected as an individual. The university therefore acknowledges and encourages a range of individual learning styles and attempts to accommodate a diverse range of learners within it.

If you feel you don't possess the necessary skills to succeed at university, set yourself the goal to work on these. There's plenty of help available to achieve this goal (see Contacts). Also, don't forget to concentrate on your successes rather than your failures.