We hope you have been enjoying all the UniSkills #ReadySetRevise activity so far this week. Our Student Advisors are mixture of undergraduate and postgraduate students and between them bring together a wealth of knowledge from studying at Edge Hill. This makes them ideal candidates to pass on their wisdom, so join them as they share their reflections on their own exam experiences, how they’ve overcome any challenges and their tips for revision success.
To deliver the best possible facilities, services and resources Library and Learning Services seeks to understand the needs of all our students so that we can continue to improve. One of the ways we do this is by listening to your feedback. You may remember way back in October we asked for your feedback about the stock that we sell in the stationery vending machine. Your responses were really useful and the results are now in! We’ve got some great new products which we hope you will love….
With Spring fast approaching, the Winter break probably feels like a distant memory now. For many of you, this also means deadlines will be looming, and you’ll want to be getting those assignments finished to the best of your ability. For this reason, we thought it would be the perfect time to remind you about our New Year, New UniSkills Student Advisor ‘How to…’ videos.
Are you returning to education after a break? Does the thought of studying again fill you with trepidation as well as excitement? Are you anxious that you won’t be able to ‘keep up’ with other students?
You are not alone! Students who are returning to study after time away sometimes feel that their academic skills are ‘rusty’, and worry about whether they will be able to remember how to undertake academic study, or write assignments. However, research shows that students who return to study after a break from education are often found to be more motivated, self-determined, focussed and hard-working (Hunter-Johnson, 2017; Kasworm, 2018). Our experience has also shown that given the right encouragement and access to support, all students have the potential to achieve, regardless of their age or stage in life.
Continue readingHappy New Year!!! We hope you all had a wonderful break and are raring to go for the new year ahead. The Student Engagement Team welcomed you back on 4th January with our New Year, New UniSkills campaign which saw a jam packed schedule of academic skills support to motivate you to get back in to study mode including UniSkills workshops, Student Advisor academic resolutions and ‘how to’ videos.
During your welcome festivities Library and Learning Services have an exciting opportunity for you to win a £50, or two runner up prizes of £25, Amazon eVoucher – and all you need to do to enter is engage with us on social media accounts! You can enter up to two times (once via Twitter and once via Instagram) and it’s really easy to do! Simply visit us in the Venue during the SU Welcome Fair (Wednesday 26th January) and scan our competition posters!
Whilst you are there why not take time to chat to our friendly team to find out more about what Library and Learning Services has to offer you and get ahead for the new year by booking on to a UniSkills Workshop.
It was great to see you all in semester one and we particularly enjoyed getting to meet you face to face again. But the fun (and learning!) doesn’t stop there! As we are here to support you throughout your entire course at Edge Hill University we would love for you to join us again this semester as we launch our UniSkills Spring Workshop programme!
Hello and a massive welcome to all new students starting courses this January, we look forward to meeting you and getting to know you all. We are the Student Engagement Team (you might also hear called the UniSkills Team too!) and we are here to provide support with all aspects of academic skills. Here we’ve everything you need to get you started with your studies from induction information, academic writing support, and how to find resources.
Throughout December our wonderful team of Student Advisors have been sharing photos of their cosy study spaces and snippets of their motivational study tips. Here you can read their full tips to inspire you and help you to #SleighYourStudies. Don’t forget, we’d love you to share your cosy study space photos with us too – you could even win a prize! To find out more visit our Sleigh Your Studies With UniSkills blog.
The Library and Learning Services Student Engagement team (aka the UniSkills team) have recently recruited some new Student Advisors to join our already established (and award winning!) team. As current students, they bring a wealth of experience from studying at Edge Hill as well as a great variety of subject knowledge from their individual disciplines. Read on to get to know who they are, what they are studying and their top Study Happy tips!
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