Skills Centre relaunches Steps to Success calendar for Spring
The ultimate toolkit to help you thrive this assessment season has been refreshed with new content for 2026.
Academic Skills
Part of the Skills Centre, we provide digital and academic skills support to all students.
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Academic resources available to you
The Digital and Academic Skills team offers a wealth of resources and support for all students.
Exams and assessments
Whether you're sitting exams, or completing other forms of assessments, we can help you.
Support to prepare you for exams
Find out about the support available to help you prepare effectively for exams.
Preparing for exams
General guidance, approaches and techniques to help you prepare effectively for exams.
Feedback on your assignments: what it is and how to use it
This guide explains how to use your tutor's feedback so that you understand your grade and how to improve your academic performance.
Why under-explanation is harming your assignments (and how to fix it)
If you’ve had feedback like ‘Needs more development,’ or ‘Expand your argument,’ you’ve run into under‑explanation, one of the most common issues students face.
Get your message across: being clear through accurate grammar and vocabulary
When either grammar or vocabulary is inaccurate, the message can become unclear, which can affect how your work is interpreted and assessed.
Key guides and information
Our most popular pages, all in one place
Academic skills support
A range of support is available to help you succeed at university and beyond.
Supporting your students with academic skills
A guide for academic staff on the support the Digital and Academic Skills (DAS) Team can provide for your students.
Support to prepare you for exams
Find out about the support available to help you prepare effectively for exams.
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.
Workplace Essentials workshop series
This series of practical workshops is designed to help you build confidence in the core skills employers value most.
Skills for Success
Our Skills for Success workshops will help you at different stages of your academic journey, whether you are tackling your first essay, preparing for exams, or writing your dissertation. Sessions are available to join in person on campus, or online, and are led by our expert Teaching Fellows.
Find out more about Skills for Success
Developing your digital skills
Alongside our support for academic skills development, our team of digital project managers, learning technologists and informational designers produce workshops and resources to support your digital skill development.
Your digital skills and capabilities
Supporting you to develop your digital skills and capabilities, through resources, tools and technologies at Bath.
Engaging critically with GenAI tools for your work
Supporting you to confidently and responsibly use Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools if you use these for your academic work.
Code First Girls
Find out about free training for women and non-binary people to develop coding skills.
SkillSpark
If you're just starting at university, getting used the expectations of academic study can be tricky. Our SkillSpark videos are each a minute long, and give you the key tips you need to develop your academic skills and ensure you are succeeding from day one.
Check out our SkillSpark videosPreparing for Master's study
Transitioning to Master's (PGT) study can feel like a big step. Whether it’s been a while since you were last studying or you’re moving straight from your undergraduate degree, adapting to new expectations like independent learning, mastering advanced writing skills, and effectively managing your time and workload can be challenging.
Our open course on Future Learn will help you have an effective and successful postgraduate experience.
Find out more about the course
Employability and student success
Everything we do is underpinned by the university's Employability Strategy, which embeds employability, enterprise and skills development throughout the student lifecycle. It's designed to facilitate access to professional and work-related learning for all students and provide a wide portfolio of inclusive and innovative employability opportunities for everyone studying at the university. It ensures we're connected, cohesive and future focussed in everything we do.
Read about our employability strategy
Latest news
The most news and blogs from the Digital and Academic Skills team.
Developing workplace communication skills at university
Strong communication skills are ranked among the most important qualities employers look for in graduates. University plays a crucial role in developing these.
Writing your dissertation: Tutorials that make sense
Are you writing a dissertation? Are you confident about what you’re doing, or do you have questions you would like answers to? A dissertation tutorial can help.
Developing adaptability at university: A foundation for the modern workplace
University life builds adaptability through group work, diverse ideas, reflection and real‑world experience, preparing you to thrive in changing workplaces.
Upcoming events
Join us at workshops and focus groups throughout the year.
Workplace communication skills: Understanding stakeholders and how to communicate with them (June)
Learn how to identify different types of stakeholders, understand their priorities, and adapt your communication style to build strong working relationships.
Having a professional impact: Moving from student to professional (July)
This workshop will help you develop the mindset and skills needed to make a strong professional impact.
Having a professional impact: Moving from student to professional (September)
This workshop will help you develop the mindset and skills needed to make a strong professional impact.
Workplace communication skills: Understanding stakeholders and how to communicate with them (Sept)
Learn how to identify different types of stakeholders, understand their priorities, and adapt your communication style to build strong working relationships.
About us
The Digital and Academic Skills team is part of the Skills Centre. We work closely with colleagues within the Skills Centre, and across the university, to ensure all students are equipped with the skills they need to succeed at university and beyond.
Get in touch
Please email us if you have any questions about our support or how we can help you.