• Support for developing academic skills

              Learning Services launched its semester 1 timetable of skills session in October and within 2 weeks the whole of our programme (including the Saturday School in November) was fully booked. The programme ‘Steps to Academic Success’ is a range of academic skills workshops, providing students with opportunities to help them succeed…

  • Dyslexia Awareness Week

    Dyslexia Awareness Week 8th to 14th October. Want to know what support is available from the SpLD Support Team or know more about Dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties? Visit the SpLD Support Team stand in the HUB.  Staff will be available throughout the week. Seven TextHelp prizes won every day this week. To mark…

  • The University Library Friday 27th July

    The University Library is open until 7pm this Friday 27th July. You can access all the Library resources, computers and study spaces as well as the Welcome Desk on the Ground Floor. Cathy Carey – Learning Spaces Coordinator  

  • Exam Technique Session

    30 April 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Staff Development Room 2nd floor LINC building Session will aim to provide an overview of exam technique and revision skills, in particular, time management and note taking skills which may be beneficial within the examination environment. To book on to the session please go to: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1796355949 Iain…

  • Exam techniques: Steps to success

    Exam technique 24 April 2012 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Staff Development Room 2nd floor LINC building Exams are intended to test students as individuals under controlled conditions so that they can demonstrate their abilities. There are a number of techniques that can help to improve exam performance. This session will look at: Note taking Revision…

  • Steps to Success: Help with Harvard

    Come along to the session on Monday 26 March if you would like help with using Harvard referencing in your assignments. This is one of a series of sessions called Steps to Success which have been designed to help you to improve your academic skills. You can find out how to reference some commonly used…

  • Step up to Harvard referencing: find out how with Steps to Success

    If you’re still getting to grips with using Harvard referencing, come along to the session on Tuesday 20 March as part of the Steps to Success series which has been designed to help you to improve your academic skills. You can find out how to reference some commonly used (and some less commonly used!) sources…

  • Red (t-shirt) alert!

    Have you noticed the Student Assistants resplendent in their red t-shirts at the Ask desk on the first floor of the University Library, Ormskirk? Research at other universities has shown that students can benefit from ‘peer to peer support’, hence the move to introduce Student Assistants into the library. Students themselves have indicated that if…

  • Final year dissertation – pulling it all together

    For our final year students and masters’ students, that final piece of work is looming… Our session will cover the structure and construction of a good dissertation. Thursday 2nd February 12.00 noon – 1.00pm Thursday 9th February 12.00 noon – 1.00pm Staff Development Room 2nd Floor LINC We will discuss the importance of specificity of…

  • Steps to Success: Referencing and citations – 26th January 12 – 1pm

    Would you like some help with referencing and citations? This session will help you to understand: Why referencing is important. How to use Harvard Referencing. Common referencing problems. Referencing is the acknowledgement of all the sources you have cited in your assignments, whether you have quoted directly or paraphrased. Many students find referencing confusing so…