Skills

Resources to help you achieve your study goals.

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Academic Essentials

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Our workshop programme for trimester 1 is live!

Skills workshops are a great place to start if you want to:

  • Improve your study, research and writing skills
  • Develop your IT and digital skills
  • Focus on your maths and numeracy.
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New student?

Starting in September? Complete our course to get ready to learn at university.

Returning student?

Get ready for next year. Assess your skills. Create a personalised action plan.

Workshops

Develop your study, research, digital and numeracy skills.
Skills

Develop your academic skills

Develop your study, research, digital and numeracy skills.

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Study and research

Discover all the essential study, research and personal effectiveness skills you need to succeed in your studies.
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Skills A-Z

We've put together an A-Z to help you quickly find the Skills services you need...
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Academic writing

Communicating in an academic style through the written word is a skill you will need to develop to get good grades throughout your...
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Maths and numeracy support

Get help and guidance with the fundamental maths and numeracy skills relevant to your course and vocational area.
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IT and digital

We've put together a helpful list of the key IT and digital resources you'll need.
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Workshops

We offer a wide range of academic skills workshops delivered online and in-person on campus.
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One to One appointments

Make an appointment to get specialist help with your academic skills needs.
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LinkedIn Learning

Develop your professional, technical and creative skills with LinkedIn Learning.
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Contact us

Complete this contact form to send a question to your School's learning support team. They will respond to the email address you provide.

Referencing

APA 7th edition is our official Harvard referencing scheme and the main referencing style in use at the University. Law students should use the OSCOLA referencing style and History students should use Chicago. 

APA 7th Edition
OSCOLA (Law)
Chicago (History)

Come to a workshop

Develop your academic skills by attending a skills workshop.