Staff Information

Staff Information

The UW study skills website aims to support students in their academic studies and skills development. Although we do not offer one to one study skills support, we do have a wide range of resources and support that you can refer your students to, these include:  

Study skills drop-in workshops
UW run a programme of study skills workshops, these are free sessions, open to all students on a self-referral basis. Students can attend as many sessions as they decide they need. Workshops cover topics such as essay & report writing, making presentations and maths support. The current study skill workshop programme is available from here.

Writer in residence
We have a professional writer who is available on campus to help students with their writing, Helena Attlee can give practical, one-to-one advice on essay writing skills and/or general writing techniques. Students can make an appointment to see her by emailing h.attlee@worc.ac.uk

Study skills advice sheets
There are a range of study skill advice sheets covering topics such as: essay and report writing; making oral presentations; taking notes and working in groups. Students can pick up any or all of the titles from the Library or download them from the study skills home page.

Learn Higher
LearnHigher is a staff online resource aimed at improving student learning by providing excellent resources to support students' learning development, and through practice-led research into the effective use of those resources.

Moving On
‘Moving On’ is a very useful study skills online resource aimed at students returning to education after a break. It covers topics such as: preparing for study, academic writing and teaching methods at university, and includes exercises and tasks for students to practice their skills. Students can download a copy from the study skills home page.

Study skills reading list 
The study skills reading list gives details of books and websites that can help students to develop their study skills, they can access the reading list from the library catalogue. 

To access further details about all of these resources, please refer your students to the study skills website at: www.worcester.ac.uk/studyskills