Study Ready January 2025

Who we are and what we do

The Skills for Success team sits within Library, Skills and Customer Services. We are a multi-disciplinary support service dedicated to ensuring you have the tools you need to learn effectively and to demonstrate knowledge of your subject area.

Our support mechanisms include:

• Delivering specialist teaching within your lectures and seminars
• Hosting drop-ins and other dedicated events, such as Writing Cafes and Digital Skills Bootcamps
• Running workshops that help you refine your skills
• Giving advice on specific questions via email
• Creating detailed online guides and lessons that you can access anytime, anywhere
• 1-2-1 appointments for advanced searching needs and DDS students

Check out the Skills for Success home page to see more details about the help we can offer, and explore each area to find top tips for getting started, and much more.

We'd love to hear your feedback

Did you find the Study Ready programmes and these pages useful? If you have any comments or suggestions, we would love to hear from you and make things even better for future cohorts of students. Fill in our very short online survey here:

Study Ready feedback survey

Your Skills For Success team are here to support your development in academic practices, information and digital skills, maths and stats and English language through our programme of regular workshops, drop-in support sessions and appointments – in-person and online. 

Academic Practices | English Language | Digital Skills | Information Skills | Maths and Statistics