Academic Skills Support
BASE (Building Academic Skills and Excellence)
BASE are here to help you succeed at university by building the skills you need for effective study, research, and assessment. Please explore the links below to find resources to help you develop your academic skills. You can also听book a tutorial听with a member of the BASE team for further support.听
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Foundations of Academic Research
The ability to find information is the听foundation听to successful career.This e-learning course will give you an overview of the library and teach you essential听skills about finding information for听assignments and听beyond.
Time required: less than听2h
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Enhancing Your Researching Skills
This e-learning course gives undergraduate students working towards their final projects听the skills to听expand their听horizon听with diverse sources,听a structured approach to听researching听and advanced search techniques.
Time required:听~1h45
Part of the听.
Academic Development Resources
Resources to enhance your academic skills, particularly useful for nursing, midwifery, life and health science students.听
This course includes resources on academic writing, reflection, critical thinking, referencing and presentation skills.听
Centre for Academic Success Student Resources
Resources to enhance your听academic skills. Includes resources on using AI, academic writing, computing, critical analysis, maths and statistics, presentation skills, referencing and English for academic purposes.
The Success Course
The Success Course is an introduction (or a refresher if you have studied at university before) to academic skills, academic writing and maths.
Digital Kickstart
This Digital Kickstart page serves as a self-help hub where you can watch short, informative videos to aid you in your hybrid learning journey.
It will cover some of the foundational skills which you will use throughout your time at 黑料吃瓜网, such as using Moodle, OneDrive, Teams and office.
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