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At the Skills Hub we know it can be challenging to make the move to university, so we have put together some resources for new students to help find ways of making this transition easier.

We asked our students: "Which five academic skills would have helped me feel more prepared and confident in my first semester and year?"

Based on their answers, we have designed a short online course which aims to demystify, reassure and accelerate your academic readiness before your course begins. In addition to building a pool of useful resources, we will be delivering five live and interactive online sessions.

Topics

The topics we will cover are: 

• How to use my digital tools: an introduction to and demonstration of My 麻豆果冻传媒, including My Studies. How to navigate the VLE, log onto your university account.  
• How to research and reference: What, where, how to find academic texts. How to bring sources into writing correctly. Explaining research terminology.
• How to read effectively and critically: demonstrate effective strategies of skimming and scanning, note-taking and avoiding plagiarism when citing. A focus on the avoidance of ‘overwhelm’ through critical selection.  
• How to write effectively and critically: introduction to different types of assignments with a focus on the key features of most writing – academic language, style, referencing, criticality v description and the process.  
• How to 'be' at uni: Self advocacy, building resilience and habits through introduction to university life, language, expectations (autonomy); to include time management and mention all the support of well-being services (a student voice led session).  

Delivery

This course will next be running in September 2026 so please check back here for updates. You can continue to access the resources from the course by clicking the link above.