Study skills support may help you to manage your studies more efficiently and learn more effectively.
A study skills tutor can support you to:
- understand your individual learning style
- understand your strengths as well as areas you find challenging
- refine the compensatory strategies that you have developed
- introduce you to new strategies
- develop efficient ways of study
What the sessions can cover
You decide the areas that you want to focus on.
The one-to-one sessions can cover:
- time management and organisational skills
- developing listening skills and ways to maintain concentration
- storing and retrieving information effectively
- efficient strategies for reading academic texts
- note-taking techniques
- using lecture handouts
- mind mapping and planning techniques
- organising, ordering, structuring and expressing your ideas in assignments
- spelling, grammar and punctuation skills
- proofreading skills
- how to use IT and software to assist your learning
- effective revision methods
- analysing and understanding exam questions
- how to make effective use of extra time and other exam access arrangements
What the sessions do not cover
One-to-one study skills support is not:
- extra subject specific tuition for your course
- a proofreading service
- a counselling service