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Academic Engagement and Learning Development Team: Academic Skills

Who we are and what we do

How Can We Help?

Are you looking to develop academic and lifelong skills, including academic writing, critical thinking, researching, and other study skills? The Academic Engagement and Learning Development team offers to University of Westminster students the following academic skills support:

  • Workshops 
  • One-to-one appointments 
  • Online guides 

If you've got a question, contact us through library chat or email us at studentcentre@westminster.ac.uk

Specialist study skills for Dyslexia

If you have or think you have a learning disability like dyslexia, you might be entitled to access specialist study skills support. Make sure you are registered with Disability Learning Support. You can also book an appointment with a Disability Learning Support team member.

Academic Skills Workshops

Attention all students! Get ahead with some great tips to improve your assessments! Our team of experts is here to help you succeed.

Our friendly, interactive workshops aim to improve your academic skills and help you ace your assessments. 

We offer workshops on the following topics:

  • research
  • referencing
  • time management
  • critical thinking
  • essay writing
  • report writing
  • reflective writing
  • literature reviews
  • dissertations
  • presentations
  • exam preparation

Spotlight on Upcoming Academic Skills Workshop this Term! 

Click here to find details of all the workshops available this term, complete with booking links. Explore your options, book your places and we look forward to seeing you at a workshop soon!

All workshops are bookable via Engage 

Appointments

Book an appointment with us! 

Academic Engagement Librarians

Advice on subject-specific research and referencing.

Academic Learning Developers

Advice on academic writing and other study skills topics (see our online guides for topics we help with).

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Online Guides

We have a range of online guides to help you get to grips with essential study skills:

Library skills guides

Our library guides will help you get started in researching your subject; understanding how to use Library Search and how to cite and reference everything correctly. There are also subject guides to get you started in finding library material for your studies.

Academic skills guides

Our Academic skills guides cover a range of topics including:

Essay Writing

Report Writing 

Reading and Note-Taking 

Critical Thinking 

Presentations

...and the various stages of preparing a dissertation!