The DAS team provides support for the development of academic, digital and professional literacies and skills to support students to become independent and confident communicators in a post-digital, ever-changing world.
Our values are student first, equity of access, and support at point of need, with special attention for widening participation, multimodal delivery, and work lifelong learning.
Three pillars of support
Academic literacies
- Active listening
- Audience awareness
- Coherence and cohesion
- Conciseness and clarity
- Critical reading and writing
- Developing argument
- Groupwork
- Persuasive writing
- Poster presentations
- Reflective writing
- Report writing
- Time management
Digital literacies
- Critical thinking
- Digital communication
- Digital creation
- Digital ethics
- Digital project management
- Microsoft suite
- Online safety
- Post digital thinking
- Research skills
- Working with data
- Working with Gen AI
Professional literacies
- Adaptability
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking
- Cultural awareness
- Leadership
- Problems solving
- Creativity
- Professional behaviours
- Project management
- Public speaking
- Sustainability
- Teamwork / collaboration
How we deliver support
Consultancy and collaboration with academic and professional service partners
We work with partners to provide timely and relevant support. This can be delivered by our partners with our support or by one of the DAS team.
Bespoke support
This could be a one off or short series of targeted support for existing or prospective students (e.g. vulnerable students, Step into Bath, Gold Scholarship, students with learning differences or disabilities).
Open access support
We provide a range of workshops on Skills for Success (academic writing, Gen AI, communication, exam skills, and criticality) and Workplace Essentials (effective written communication, using Microsoft tools, effective meetings and thriving in a multicultural workplace). These are bookable, open access, in-person and online events for all students at all levels.
1:1 tutorials
We provide in-person and online 1:1 tutorial support and email feedback on writing to help students with any academic skills they need to develop, at any stage of their studies. Our team provides constructive and practical suggestions focused on student success in coursework and assessments.
Self-access learning resources
We have a range of online, self-access and self-directed learning resources on a variety of academic, digital and professional skills. These resources can be accessed 24/7 as required by students, as often as they need to.
Signposting for academic advisors
We have put together a resource for academic advisors that signposts resources that answer the questions most often asked by students.
If you have a suggestion for other resources that we could include, please get in touch.
Unihub
Unihub is the University's central skills platform for all students. Please direct them to Unihub to find the full range of development opportunities.
The Academic & Employability Skills blog also provides useful bite-sized hints and tips for students on a range of academic skills topics to help them succeed in their studies.
Our team
We have a Course Leader dedicated to working with each Faculty / School. If you have a particular need within your department or Faculty / School, please contact the relevant Course Leader in the first instance.