Academic skills support
A range of support is available to help you succeed at university and beyond.
Academic Skills
Part of the Skills Centre, we provide digital and academic skills support to all students.
Book a place on our Mastering feedback: Giving feedback professionally workshop
Academic resources available to you
The Digital and Academic Skills team offers a wealth of resources and support for all students.
Key guides and information
Our most popular pages, all in one place
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.
Upcoming events
Join us at workshops and focus groups throughout the year.
Message Received: Writing emails that work
Explore what makes an email effective, how to write appropriately for different audiences, and how to manage your inbox so it works for you, not against you.
Make meetings matter: Speak up, stand out, stay on track
Understand how meetings work, how to contribute confidently, and how to handle common challenges so you can make your voice heard and your time count.
Editing & proofreading
In the workshop, you will look at samples of peer writing or prepared texts to identify how editing can improve the writing.
Digital Skills Drop-in (18 November)
Expert support to help you thrive in your studies and future career.
Designing academic posters
Understand the principles of effective poster design to create visually engaging posters that communicate complex ideas with clarity and impact.
Mind the gap: Communicating across cultures
In this session, you’ll uncover the secrets behind high-context and low-context communication styles and learn how they shape the way we share ideas.
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
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.
Digital and AI Literacy: Essential skills for success at university and beyond
In the age of AI, university success means more than using technology. It requires critical thinking, responsibility, and digital confidence.
Develop your digital skills with new student drop-ins
Expert support to help you thrive in your studies and future career.
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.
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
Exams and assessments
Whether you're sitting exams, or completing other forms of assessments, we can help you.
Two-Lane: A simpler way of knowing where GenAI fits in your assessments
From the 2026/27 academic year, assessment briefs and related materials will tell you clearly whether a piece of work is open lane or closed lane.
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.
Latest news
The most recent news and blogs from the Digital and Academic Skills team.
Critical thinking and writing, from essays to employment
Critical thinking is a skill that can be learnt and developed. Once you’ve got it, it will carry you through your time at university and beyond into employment.
Develop your digital skills with new student drop-ins
Expert support to help you thrive in your studies and future career.
The sustainability skills nobody has quite named yet
Kevin Renfrew, Technology Enhanced Learning & Digital Resources Development Officer, explores the skills underneath sustainability.
Digital and AI Literacy: Essential skills for success at university and beyond
In the age of AI, university success means more than using technology. It requires critical thinking, responsibility, and digital confidence.
Academic Skills support when you need it with Skills for Success tutorials
Whether you're tackling your first essay, preparing for exams, or simply looking to develop your academic skills, Skills for Success is here to help.
Excel Puzzle Blogs: Issue #1
In order to help get you more comfortable with using Excel, we’ve created the Excel Puzzle Blog series.
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.