How can Skills for Learning help me develop my academic skills?

In addition to the Skills for Learning website, our Academic Skills Tutors offer support:

  • through teaching sessions
  • for individual students

We can help you develop the academic skills you need for your course. These might include: academic writing, critical thinking, maths, statistics and IT.

You can access this support in various ways:

'On Demand' Workshops & Drop-In Sessions

Skills for Learning 'on demand' workshops are recorded sessions that can help you improve your academic communication, statistical analysis, IT, referencing and other academic skills. You can expect the recordings to contain a mixture of activities (which you can join at your own pace), as well as expert guidance from Academic Skills Tutors and Librarians.

Workshop descriptions are available on the Skills for Learning website.

From time to time, drop-in sessions will be available during term time for targeted academic skills areas, where you can come along and ask our academic skills tutors or academic librarians specific questions about academic skills. Timetables and bookings can be accessed on MyHub.

Get Help

We offer individual appointments if you need further advice on your academic or information literacy skills. Please see the Get Help page for more information and to request 1-1 support.

In-curriculum support

We also provide tailored in-curriculum support on academic skills topics. These sessions, which are embedded into your course curriculum, can be requested by lecturers.

Academic staff: please visit our academic staff FAQ to request a session for your students.

 

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