 Hello and welcome to the British Management University. Today we are going to learn about academic culture at the university. Let's go! In my view, academic culture is the attitudes, the behaviors, the values that different people at university share with one another. So that includes the lecturers, the students, the support staff of the university and encompasses things such as giving each other credit for work done through citation and referencing, having different opinions on different topics, listening to other people's opinions and thoughts on certain topics before you decide what your own view is. Academic culture means to me interacting with other students so that we can share our values, our interests or skills in any subject so that we can help each other to learn and to be the best of ourselves, the best version of ourselves. So to me academic culture is really about being part of the global community of like-minded individuals seeking answers to questions and lifelong learning. So for me academic culture is something we at this big BMU family share together, common values that we teachers, students and all the BMU staff share together. Academic culture to me is about the exchange of ideas between experts and learners in a discipline. So we need to build a culture of trust, communication and academic excellence which means always pushing ourselves further and further towards understanding ourselves, the world around us and each other. And my first experience with academic culture was when I was a student when I realized that university life is going to be completely different from my school experience. My first experience of academic culture was about two months ago at the university. We met with the group mates and with our teachers. I first experienced this academic culture when I joined university as a young student, 18, 19 years old and for me the biggest difference was, or the biggest surprise rather was the difference between the culture in school and the culture at university which was a big learning curve for me. At school you are, the teacher takes most of the responsibility and academic culture is minimal at school whereas at university you are much more in control of your own learning and you're supposed to be much more independent as a student which relates nicely to academic culture. That's a good question. My first experience of academic culture really was my first year at university and that was such an interesting time for me. I made a lot of new friends. I met people from different countries. I was able to learn another language. It was just such a fantastic time. I think it's a very exciting time in anyone's life and I think that academic culture and getting used to what university really is and what it means to be a university student. So it's really important for students to follow the broad outlines of academic culture especially those regarding ethics. As a student you are required to be a good student. You might be good at passing exams but you also are required to be a good citizen and behave in an ethical way treating other people with respect and not cheating and taking and giving people credit for their knowledge and their achievements. It's important that you think as an individual as a student. You have to work in teams but you also have to be an individual. It is also important that you respect the freedom of your fellow students and your teachers to have opinions that are very different to yours. This can be difficult but it is very, very important. So you've got to be ethical, you've got to respect your colleagues and you've got to take into account people's different ideas and the different ways in which they express themselves. Academic culture is very important for our students and for example in our university we have a great academic culture. The teacher always helps us with our question and always we gather together and prepare for our exams and share our skills with each other. For example it was academic reading skills, listening skills and speaking. Well it sets the values that we promote at BMU. It sets the behavioral norms that we have with our students as independent students. We want you to really focus on having a good problem solving attitude taking the initiative. Together we have the right information technology platforms, Microsoft teams to give you your learning materials, telegram to share discussions with your classmates and face-to-face sessions with your teachers. The academic culture we have here is about integrity with your original work and having that initiative problem solving attitude. Me along with the rest of my colleagues are confident you will be exceptional learners and students for this semester. Why is it important for students to know about academic culture? It's the culture that that students are entering. This is where you are now. You need to understand the expectations that this global academic community has on you in order for you to be successful in the academic world. Why is it important for you to understand academic culture? It will help you make the most of your time at university and will also help with the transition from being a student to being an employee or a manager in the workforce in the future.