Skills for Success programme

Our Skills for Success sessions will help you whether you are tackling your first essay, preparing for exams, or writing your dissertation.

Skills for Success topics

We offer a number of different Skills for Success sessions, across a range of topics.

Academic writing

These sessions will support your academic writing, no matter what stage of study you're at. Most run twice each semester; once online and once in-person.

Criticality

Thinking, writing, and listening critically are key to academic success. Join our workshops to discover how to develop your criticality in a range of areas.

Communication

Our communication workshops will help you engage with seminars, successfully write and deliver presentations, give feedback, and more.

Academic skills

From seminar skills, to mastering feedback, to time management, our workshops support the holistic development of your academic skills.

How the sessions work

Skills for Success sessions run each semester and are suitable for all students at all levels of study.

All workshops are 50 minutes long and are taught in-person on campus or online via Microsoft Teams.

Before signing up for a session, please make sure that the day and time do not clash with your academic timetable by checking MyTimetable.

(Please note, sessions may be cancelled at short notice if there is a low number of enrolments. If you're booked on to a workshop that we need to cancel, we'll let you know as soon as possible.)

To attend a workshop, you need to book a place in advance. Bookings for workshops in Semester 2026-27 will open at 08:00 on 7 September 2026.

What students say about Skills for Success

In 2025-26, 548 students attended a Skills for Success workshop and completed a post-workshop evaluation form.

Recommendations

Of the students who attended a workshop and completed a feedback form in 2025-26, 81% would recommend the workshop to fellow students.

Confidence

Of the students who attended a workshop and completed a feedback form in 2025-26, 91% agreed that the session boosted their confidence.

Skills for Success tutorials

Alongside workshops, we also offer Skills for Success tutorials. If you're not able to make it to a session, or you would like some more personalised advice from one of our Teaching Fellows, book a tutorial to talk through any aspect of your academic success. They are available to all students, and last for 25 minutes. There is no limit on how many tutorials you can book (although you may be restricted if you book and don't turn up).

Find out more about tutorials

A Teaching Fellow talking to a student in a writing tutorial

Making the most of Skills for Success

Read student Lily's blog post about how attending Skills for Success workshops has helped her be more organised, less stressed, and on top of her assignments.

Read Lily's blog post