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Effective Notetaking

Strategies and templates for taking effective notes in lectures and from your reading.

Workshop summaries

Read and download the summary handouts from our academic skills workshops. To book a session on developing your note taking (now part of "Making the Most of your Lectures") click here.

Effective Notetaking
Summary of useful tips and techniques to improve the quality of your notes

Worksheets

Cornell template
Template for writing notes in the Cornell format.

External resources

Verbal to Visual, information and guidance on creating visual lecture notes and revision materials.
Cornell Notetaking, Cornell University - Online guide to using the Cornell style of notetaking.