Calling all module and programme leaders. The team has set up a special form to help manage requests for Academic Skills teaching in trimester 2 of the 2024/25 academic year. If you’re interested in (a) repeating a session you’ve had in previous trimesters, or (b) setting up a new session, then please fill in the Read more about Academic Skills Requests, TRI2 2024/25[…]
We hope that you’re feeling settled and confident in your work as trimester 2 marches on. No doubt mid-term assessment deadlines are coming thick and fast. Please keep in mind that we have appointments available, where you can get lots of advice and encouragement. We also have some school-specific drop-in sessions throughout the academic year. Read more about 2024 Trimester 2 updates[…]
Welcome and welcome back to all Edinburgh Napier students. We’re glad to announce that this week marks the beginning of this trimester’s open programme of workshops and appointments. These are invaluable opportunities to consider (or re-consider) your approaches to study and academic working methods, either in a group or on a one-to-one basis. We are Read more about Trimester 2 open programme[…]
In response to much demand, one-to-one appointments are being offered throughout the summer. Appointments offer students the opportunity to discuss their university work, to gain valuable advice and support, and to improve their approaches to study (not to mention their confidence). Students are invited to book through our online platform. If you can’t find an Read more about Appointments available[…]
Working on your dissertation, that crucial part of undergraduate and postgraduate degrees? If so, help is at hand. We’ve recorded a number of tutorials dedicated to different stages of dissertations, from planning to writing up results. Visit our Panopto folder to get learning about what makes a really convincing dissertation. And remember, if you’d like Read more about Dissertation help is at hand[…]
Students are advised that Academic Skills appointments will end early this term. The last day of appointments for the year is Friday 4th December. As ever, booking details can be found on our myNapier pages. In special cases, we may be able to offer advice by email after that date (academicskills@napier.ac.uk), but this will be Read more about Christmas closure[…]
Whilst many are enjoying the high summer sun, the Academic Skills team is languishing under the thin light of computer screens. We’re working away so that, come September, students will have all the academic advice and support that they could possibly need for the year ahead. Appointment and drop-in sessions are being timetabled, workshops written Read more about Plans afoot[…]
Firstly, we very much hope that you’re reading this in a position of relative calm and comfort. Though the university has suspended all classes and in-person business is very limited, know that there is still lots of advice and support available to students, albeit in different ways. For updates on the university’s operations, we’d encourage Read more about Coronavirus update[…]
If you’ve ever had difficulty working some structure into an essay, or if you’ve had feedback suggesting that you think more about your essay’s structure, then we have good news! Our new guide to structuring essays can now be found together with our other interactive skills guides. Keep an eye out in the Read more about Struggling to impose some structure?[…]
If ever you were wondering what an academic skills adviser might look like, then wonder no more. On our new Meet the team page, you can read a bit about each member of our small but merry band. And if you go on to see one of us wandering about campus, don’t hesitate to say Read more about Here we are[…]