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It explains the First Year Experience mission, outlines the COSMIC student success model with connected, organised, socially responsible, motivated, intentional, and constructive dimensions, and offers study preparation strategies. The guide also covers disability support services and outlines lecture preparation and note-filing practices to support belonging, retention, and success.","2021-7th Edition  \nRevised by University of the Western Cape Illustrations by Stacey Stent  \nYEAR  \nst  \nstudent guide  \nStudying at University: A guide for first year students  \n2021 , 7th edition revised by UWC  \nThis is a revision by UWC of the UCT Language Development Group booklet‘Studying at University: A guide for first year students’ by Stella Clark, 1998 (based on‘Study Methods’ by Nan Yeld and Paddy Hobley) .  \nThis work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialShareAlike 4.0 International License. You are free to copy, communicate and adapt the work on condition that you attribute the Language Development Group, University of Cape Town (and Stacey Stent for the illustrations), and make your adapted work available under the same licensing agreement. To view a copy of this license, visit [https://creativecommons.org/l](https://creativecommons.org/l)icenses/by-nc-sa/4 .0/ .  \nAcknowledgements  \nSincere thanks go to the following:  \nStacey Stent: Illustrations and Layout  \nNolubabalo Tyam: Xhosa translations  \nHannlie Dippenaar, Martie Jacobs: Afrikaans translations  \nAnd to the following UWC staff for their contributions:  \nSue Pather and Naadirah Manie: Learning & Teaching, Office of the DVC: Academic  \nDorothea Hendricks: Student Support Services  \nArona Dison: The Writing Centre  \nEvadne Abrahams: Disability Unit  \nAllison Fullard & Shehaamah Mohamed: Library Faieza Khan: ResLife  \nHayward Barends: Brand and Project Coordinator, Sport Administration Office  \nWinston Middleton: Office for Student Development  \nErrol Solomon: revised layout and design  \nFirst Year Experience (FYE)  \nWe are committed to your success!  \nFYE Mission  \nTo offer an intentional and student-centered First Year Experience programme that fosters an inclusive student transition in a systematic and co-ordinated way, which celebrates diversity and UWC values. The UWC FYE programme integrates curricular and co-curricular activities in order to facilitate a shared sense of belonging, retention aand success for all our first-year students.  \nStudent Success Model  \nYour very first time at university could feel like you are entering a new “galaxy” where everything is unknown to you and may cause feelings of anxiety. 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Motivation   Practice   Engagement  Reflection   Stress Management  Ideal Learning Conditions.: Tips to study Online from home   Organising your time    \nDisability Unit..........................................................  \nWho we are   The People    \nSupport of Students with Disabilities   Assistive Technology Provided by the Disability Unit Hardware..................................  \nLectures ....................................................................  \nYourself as a learner  Before the lecture   What is the topic?   What do I really know about the topic.......................................................................... 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