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The Academic Skills team: How we can help you

What the Academic Skills team can help you with

The Academic Skills team can help you develop techniques to learn effectively, produce your assignments and improve your work to reach your full potential.

How can we help you?

  • Online guides for specific subject areas or academic skills topics
  • Taught workshops 
  • Daily drop-in advice sessions during week days
  • One-to-one appointments

Subject Librarians

Some of the areas we can help you with include:

  • Finding and using library resources
  • Research skills
  • Developing a search strategy
  • Understanding citing and referencing
  • Using reference management tools
  • Copyright

Study Skills

Some of the areas we can help you with include:

  • Academic Writing
  • Critical Writing
  • Effective reading
  • Paraphrasing
  • Planning your work
  • Numeracy
  • Time management

Please note that we do not proofread your work for you, but can help you learn how to do this effectively.

IT and Digital Capabilities

Some of the areas we can help you with include:

  • Using Microsoft Office effectively
  • Creating long documents in Word
  • Using PowerPoint for presentations or academic posters
  • Using Qualtrics survey software
  • Using Lynda.com online video training
  • Managing your files and using OneDrive