We want to ensure that you feel confident and prepared throughout your academic journey, including with your assignments and the upcoming exams and assessments period. There are many resources available from the Academic Skills Service that can help. These resources include planners, helpful tips, drop-in events, and more, all designed to support you whether you have deadlines, are starting to prepare or are going into your first exams.

Assignment and Dissertation Planners?

This Assignment Planner is a step-by-step guide to help you plan, organise and find the resources you need to complete individual?assignments. You can save your work and return to the planner at any time.?

This Dissertation Planner is a step-by-step guide to help you write a dissertation from starting to think about your question through to final submission. At each stage you will find useful tips and support.?

Understanding Assignment Types

Visit the Understanding Assignment Types page for guides, step-by-step advice, and videos that offer subject specific support for writing lab reports, abstracts, dissertations, and more.?

Developing Research Skills

Research skills are essential for finding information and using it effectively. These skills involve developing a strategy to gather facts and draw conclusions to answer specific questions. They are easily transferable and can be applied throughout your academic journey at university and beyond.?

Maths and Statistics Support

The Academic Skills Service offers support and guidance to all students on a variety of mathematical and statistical topics, including key concepts, maths confidence, exam prep, statistical analysis, software and more.?

You can also?attend a drop-in event or send us an online form?for tailored support in these areas.?

Student exams site

Explore our student exams site where you’ll find links to key dates and timetables as well as information relating to exams, what to expect, where to study and what to do if things to don’t go to plan (Special Consideration).?

Exam and assessment support pop-ups

The Academic Skills Service will be joining us at some of our exams and assessment pop-up events this December. Along with guides and giveaways, the team will be on hand to offer advice on your studies for the upcoming assessment period and beyond – including how to use and understand feedback from your assessments.

Dates, times and locations of the pop-ups can be found below. Dates with a * denote when you can find the Academic Skills Service. ?