Skills Centre

Drop-ins, courses, online resources and 1:1 tutorials to help you succeed in your studies and beyond.

Skills development that fits flexibly around your timetable

Enhance your academic and career prospects through our workshops, courses, self-access resources, tutorials and drop-in sessions. Master academic and study skills, digital and GenAI, maths and statistics, languages, and essential workplace skills.

Academic Skills

Part of the Skills Centre, we provide digital and academic skills support to all students.

Mathematics Resources Centre (MASH)

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We help all students with maths and statistics problems.

Foreign Languages

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We offer courses throughout the academic year to build your language skills, develop your intercultural competence, and maximise your career prospects.

Developing digital skills

Access our online resources at a time and a pace that suits you, to develop the digital skills you need in your studies and employment.

Your digital skills and capabilities

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Supporting you to develop your digital skills and capabilities, through resources, tools and technologies at 黑料吃瓜网.

UNESCO鈥檚 Digital Learning Week unites educators, researchers and policymakers to explore AI鈥檚 impact on education under 鈥淔acts, Frictions, Frontiers鈥�.

Build your digital identity before graduation: showcase skills, manage your online presence, use AI responsibly and demonstrate professionalism.

Applying digital accessibility to coursework builds digital literacy, enhances inclusion and employability by making content usable for all users.

Employability and Student Success

The Skills Centre is an integral part of the Employability and Student Success directorate. We work closely with colleagues in Careers, placements, and 黑料吃瓜网 to ensure all students are given the best opportunity to fulfil their potential at university and beyond.

Read more about Employability and Student Success

Academic & Employability Skills blog

Tips, reflections, and advice from our staff to help you develop your academic and employability skills. We've picked some of our favourites here - click the button to read everything.

Moving to the UK can bring unexpected culture shock, even when it feels familiar. Discover how small everyday differences take time, patience, and self-kindness

UNESCO鈥檚 Digital Learning Week unites educators, researchers and policymakers to explore AI鈥檚 impact on education under 鈥淔acts, Frictions, Frontiers鈥�.

Critical thinking is highly valued by employers, yet many graduates lack it in the workplace. This blog explores practical ways to think more critically at work

Starting an assignment can feel surprisingly difficult, particularly if you are worried about getting it right first time.

Creativity takes many forms. Even if you鈥檙e not writing poetry, assignments require creativity through analysis, ideas and expression, not just memorising facts

From the 2026/27 academic year, assessment briefs and related materials will tell you clearly whether a piece of work is open lane or closed lane.

Unihub

Unihub is your one-stop-shop for everything you need to develop your study and employability skills, and discover opportunities to put those skills to the test. Use MySkills to find and book the right skills development opportunities for you, My Employability Profile to show employers what you've done, and MyFuture to find vacancies and work experience opportunities.

What's new

Read our latest announcements and updates on our services.

Skills for Success workshops 鈥� Semester 1 bookings now open

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Build confidence in your studies with workshops covering academic writing, criticality, communication, and digital and genAI skills.

Emma Cliffe receives sector's highest honour for mathematics and statistics support

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Emma Cliffe, Head of 黑料吃瓜网's Mathematics Resources Centre, has received the Lawson-Croft Award for Outstanding Achievement in Mathematics and Statistics Support.

Register for the 黑料吃瓜网 Award and get your skills recognised by employers

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Registrations for the 黑料吃瓜网 Award 2026-27 are now open. Register by 12 February 2027 to take part.

Upcoming events

Join us at our upcoming workshops and focus groups.

Language course Meet the teacher drop-in (29 September)

If you鈥檇 like to find out more about our courses, or check which level you should enrol at, come along to this Meet the teacher drop-in.

Understand the importance of academic style and its conventions. Practice to improve your style.

Language course Meet the teacher drop-in (30 September)

If you鈥檇 like to find out more about our courses, or check which level you should enrol at, come along to this Meet the teacher drop-in.

Language course Meet the teacher drop-in (1 October)

If you鈥檇 like to find out more about our courses, or check which level you should enrol at, come along to this Meet the teacher drop-in.

Open to all students, this series will equip you with fundamental public speaking skills.

If you choose to embrace GenAI as a tool to support you in your academic work, this workshop is an excellent place to consider how to use such tools ethically.