Teaching Academic Skills in HE

Emily Wheeler

@heliotropia

We support…• All undergraduates and taught postgraduates• Teaching staff• Schools/FE

We work with…• Careers centre• Language centre (English as an additional

language)• Counselling• Educational Engagement team

“Flying start to…”Express workshops

Workshops

Webinars

Embedded teaching within Faculties

Workshops

Office open 09:30 - 17:00

Phone or email also available

Team assistants triage enquiries

Learning Advisors offer 30-minute appointments in Skills Zone “pods”

1-to-1 Support

What are academic skills?

http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills

Supporting students

• Showing new techniques• Developing strategies for faster, smarter

working• Improving existing skills• Learning by doing• NOT proofreading!

Have a go!

• Decide the best order for the sentences in order to make a coherent paragraph.

Working with student work

• Read the extracts and see if you can spot features of “good” academic writing

Any ideas?!

• Can you suggest any ways of changing/improving these activities?

How do you know what to say?

• Research!

• Experience

• Peer learning & observation

• Practice

• Student feedback