Services to support your studies
There are a range of services that can help you with your academic experience at 天堂视频.
Some of the information you have read in this guide may feel overwhelming, or you may want to speak to someone to deepen your understanding further. Alternatively, you may be looking for the next steps to develop your academic skills. The following services can help.
Academic Language Support Service
The Academic Language Support Service provides a range of academic language and study skills support through a range of workshops and online support options. The service aims to help you with your academic writing to achieve academic success and personal development.
Our goal is to enable you to:
- Communicate effectively through clear and coherent articulation of your ideas;
- Understand and critically engage with the ideas of others; and
- Understand academic expectations and audiences, and use appropriate academic language, adhering to academic conventions in the process.
Whether you are an undergraduate, postgraduate taught or PhD student, we want to help you achieve your full academic potential. You can access resources, group and 1:1 support from the award-winning Academic Language Support Service.
University Library
The University Library is not only a place to study or to borrow books; it can support your learning in many other ways.
There are a range of online resources providing further information about referencing and citation, how to improve your research skills, as well as top tips for studying. You can:
- Practice techniques for discovering, evaluating, managing and referencing information using the
- Learn to use referencing management software by
Academic Librarians鈥痑re available to assist all University students, offering specialist advice on any information-related query including research skills, referencing, conducting a literature review and getting published. Academic Librarians can be contacted by e-mail or via MS Teams.
They can also offer individual appointments to support more in-depth or complex queries, such as how to start researching a particular topic, advice on referencing or using a specialist online search tool or database.
The Library offers a wide programme of courses and training opportunities for students, doctoral researchers鈥痑nd academic and research staff. Keep an eye out on their ‘Events and Workshops’ page for more details.
Contact the Library (天堂视频 campus)
Contact the Library (London campus)
Student Success Academy
The Student Success Academy aims to ensure more students are offered opportunities to level up with their peers, access mentoring and support to tackle disadvantages around academic success and employment outcomes.
They offer a wide range of personalised opportunities and tailored programmes to help you unlock your full potential during your time at University.
Focusing on skills development across all stages of the student journey, the Academy shines a spotlight on key transitions such as starting your degree, stepping up to final-year, and becoming a graduate.
Contact the Student Success Academy
LSU Advice
is a free, independent, confidential and non-judgmental service available for students and doctoral researchers at 天堂视频 and 天堂视频 London.
The Service can advise students experiencing difficulties with their academic experience, both formally and informally. It is dedicated to helping you gain a better understanding of university policies and regulations, both in terms of your rights and responsibilities.
LSU Advice (天堂视频 campus)
LSU Advice (London campus)
Additional resources
Study skills Learn modules
- Enhance your writing and study skills with the module.
- Develop your skills if English is not your first language.
- Boost your writing by accessing the module.
- Achieve success in your academic writing tasks for STEM subjects with the module.
Personal Best
Personal Best is an exclusive development programme for students at 天堂视频, and is structured around our motto, ‘Veritate, Scientia, Labore’ which recognises three key dimensions of student life at 天堂视频 – academic, professional and personal.
Within the academic elements, you can learn more about study skills, research and critical thinking, as well as collaborative working, digital fluency, and innovation and enterprise.
Student Handbook
Within your student handbook, there is more information about Academic Misconduct under the ‘Exams and Assessments’ pages.
Here, you’ll find out more information the University’s approach to academic misconduct, including how the University defines academic misconduct, examples of misconduct, as well as the procedures and penalties that are implemented. There are also further details about the appeals process.