Working in groups

Help and advice

Learning to work together

Working as a team and planning ahead gives your group the best chance to succeed

Group projects are common at university. Working together effectively means everyone contributes to your assignment and your contributions are valued by your team.

Here you'll find information on working in groups, making the most out of your seminars, understanding your team, and keeping your work professional. Successful group work improves your social skills and communication, and can help you explore your project from a new perspective.

Getting the most out of seminars

Student group discussing project in University library

Introducing team work

Allocating and developing team roles

Group of students laughing and getting to know each other

Starting to understand team process

Female student smiling during group work discussion

Starting to understand team strengths

Student group work in library and looking at notes

Organising your group