JONATHAN GROUCUTT is Principal Lecturer in Strategy and Marketing at the Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK. As well as teaching undergraduate, postgraduate and post experience students, he has been involved in module and programme development, both domestically and internationally and has extensive experience of teaching international students. He has written over forty business-related articles and is author of five business academic books, including Foundations of Marketing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

'I do like the author's encouragement of thinking practically about daily experiences in relation to studies, which should have wide appeal for business studies subject specialisms...' - Tracy Harwood, De Montfort University

• IntroductionImportant First Steps to SuccessGetting to Know your Tutors and the Administrative StaffPreparing for StudySo Who Marks your Work?Cheating Copying, Collusion and PlagiarismA Brief Guide to ReferencingWhen Things Go Wrong You Are Not AloneAssignmentsTeam WorkingPresentation SkillsExaminationsManaging DissertationsWhat's Next for You?

JONATHAN GROUCUTT is Principal Lecturer in Strategy and Marketing at the Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK. As well as teaching undergraduate, postgraduate and post experience students, he has been involved in module and programme development, both domestically and internationally and has extensive experience of teaching international students. He has written over forty business-related articles and is author of five business academic books, including Foundations of Marketing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

'I do like the author's encouragement of thinking practically about daily experiences in relation to studies, which should have wide appeal for business studies subject specialisms...' - Tracy Harwood, De Montfort University

• IntroductionImportant First Steps to SuccessGetting to Know your Tutors and the Administrative StaffPreparing for StudySo Who Marks your Work?Cheating Copying, Collusion and PlagiarismA Brief Guide to ReferencingWhen Things Go Wrong You Are Not AloneAssignmentsTeam WorkingPresentation SkillsExaminationsManaging DissertationsWhat's Next for You?

JONATHAN GROUCUTT is Principal Lecturer in Strategy and Marketing at the Business School, Oxford Brookes University, UK. As well as teaching undergraduate, postgraduate and post experience students, he has been involved in module and programme development, both domestically and internationally and has extensive experience of teaching international students. He has written over forty business-related articles and is author of five business academic books, including Foundations of Marketing (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

'I do like the author's encouragement of thinking practically about daily experiences in relation to studies, which should have wide appeal for business studies subject specialisms...' - Tracy Harwood, De Montfort University

• IntroductionImportant First Steps to SuccessGetting to Know your Tutors and the Administrative StaffPreparing for StudySo Who Marks your Work?Cheating Copying, Collusion and PlagiarismA Brief Guide to ReferencingWhen Things Go Wrong You Are Not AloneAssignmentsTeam WorkingPresentation SkillsExaminationsManaging DissertationsWhat's Next for You?