Academic skills are all about helping you become a more effective learner at University level and developing the research and study skills that will help you now and in the future. the Academic Skills Know-how team provides you with support in developing and improving these skills. There are Subject Librarians, Study Skills and IT staff who can help you.
The Study Skills team can provide individual confidential sessions, where we look at ways you could improve your academic work. We are happy to provide support via email or using technologies such as Skype for example.
We see students who would like to discuss their:-
- Assignment planning
- Assignment writing
- Presentations
- Exam preparation
- Academic language
- Any other issue which you believe is stopping you achieve your best!
We also have a range of information to help you on our Academic Skills Guide pages.
There is a Subject Librarian for each subject area who can help advise you on research and the best resources for your subject. See the range of Library Subject Guides available.
There are also online resources freely available from Staffordshire University Library Home Page.
We can also help you to use Microsoft Office products such as Word, PowerPoint and Excel more effectively.
So, if you think you could improve your grades, but need a bit of help doing so, please do contact us.
e: ask@staffs.ac.uk
t: 01785 353500