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Academic Skills Tutor Appointments

How to book an Academic Skills appointment.

There are several ways to book an appointment:

1.  With the Academic Librarian and Skills Tutor for your subject

  • Select your subject from the left hand panel. 
  • You will see the contact for your subject.
  • Click on the button to Book an Appointment.  
  • The Booking Page will be displayed. Follow the onscreen instructions. 

2. With any of the Academic Librarian and Skills Tutors

  • Go to the page Academic Skills Appointments.
  • From the drop-down list select whether you want a Microsoft Teams, In-person or Email appointment. 
  • Selecting the No preference option will give you the greatest range of  appointment dates and times. This is ideal if you need an appointment quickly or on a specific date.

3.  Referencing only

4.  Writing style support only

How can the Library and Academic Skills team help you?

The team can help you develop techniques to learn effectively and reach your full potential. Use our expertise to help you be successful at University.

Types of appointment 

  • Discussion Appointments: Held via Teams or in person these are for you to discuss areas you feel you might need support in e.g. finding resources, academic writing and more!
     
  • Read and Review Appointments: Done via email, you don't even need to attend! Attach your draft assignments, let us know what areas need looking at and wait for the review comments to support and guide you.

Standard appointments are 30 minutes. If it is your first appointment, or you feel you need more time, you may book an extended appointment for an hour.  Please note that your appointment may not be able to overrun since other students may have booked the following slot.

To learn more about that is involved in an Academic Skills appointment watch our video of a student talking about why they booked and their experience during the appointment:

Our Online Workshops

If you need some help with Academic Skills our Online Workshop Programme is a great place to start!  

All sessions run online using Microsoft Teams and topics are delivered on multiple occasions a term.

Sign up and boost your skills!

Finding in-person appointments

If you have booked an in-person appointment and are not sure where to go, please follow the instructions below: 

Tell us about your experience booking an appointment