Bloomsbury Skills For Study offers a range of modules to help you develop all the skills you need to make your time at University a success. It’s had a complete makeover and it’s now better than ever, so there’s never been a better time to make a start!

Modules included

You’ll discover twelve modules available in Skills for Study:

Getting ready for academic study
New to higher level academic study? This module will help prepare you for what’s ahead, especially during your first term, introducing you to various techniques that will help you progress through your studies.

Time management
Ever feel like your focus is slipping or you just don’t know where to begin? This module will help to set you on the right track, train you to focus and prioritise when completing tasks and reduce your time spent thinking rather than doing.

Reading and note making
Do you struggle when researching for assignments or taking notes during lectures? This module aims to help you identify the most relevant information and record it successfully, whether it’s research, lectures or other forms of learning.

Writing skills
This module offers advice on writing in an academic style suitable for essays and assignments, and practical guidance on how to structure your ideas and improve your written work.

Critical thinking skills
Do you struggle when making a decision/judgement over a particular statement or view? This module will help you to understand what critical thinking is and to think more critically about what you are researching, reading and writing.

Referencing and understanding plagiarism
This module will show you examples of how to discuss other people’s ideas constructively and safely. You will examine what constitutes plagiarism (claiming other people’s work as your own) and how to avoid it.

Exam skills
Do you feel uncertain when exams are on the horizon? This module with give you an insight into how to deal with different types of exams, the preparation required and how to use these experiences to improve future exams.

Group work and presentations
Do you ever struggle to get a group project off the ground or feel the nerves when it comes to doing a presentation? This module is designed to develop your skills when working with others and to make you feel more comfortable and at ease when presenting work.

Confidence with numbers
Have difficulty incorporating numbers into your work in the correct way? This module will help you to understand numbers better and how to incorporate these into your assignments in a professional manner.

Research Principles
Do you struggle to know where to begin when gathering information for an assignment? Work through the module and learn the skills to research successfully and how best to use this information

Projects, Dissertations and Reports
Feel overwhelmed with the different styles of work you need to complete? With this module develop an understanding of different formats of work and how best to complete them.

Employability and Personal Development
What do you do at the end of your course? This module gets you thinking about the whole process from employers and applications through to interviews.

Using AI tools

Explore a range of articles around the use of AI Tools:

• Introduction to AI terminology
• Using AI chatbots
• Avoiding plagiarism when using AI tools
• Research, writing, and revision | use of AI

Get started

It may help to take the diagnostic test before you start working through the module to identify which sections of the module are most relevant to you.

You can work your way through the module sections at your own pace – progressing through each section from start to finish, or opting to dip in and out as you please. Each module includes self-assessment quizzes and videos with students’ tips to help you along the way.

You can pick up where you last left off on the site at any time and you can work through any module again when you need to.

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Need more help?

Our Learning Skills Team have created a collection of online resources to support you in taking ownership of your academic skills development. The Learning Skills Hub hosts short modules on time management, assignment preparation, conducting research, writing literature reviews and lots more. The Learning Skills Team are also available to provide workshops to module groups and offer one-to-ones for personalised advice. You can book appointments with your dedicated Learning Developer or Learning & Research Librarian through the Learning Skills Hub, too.

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