Enhancing Student Learning

As a Library we provide an inclusive, supportive and safe environment where our communities have a sense of belonging, the resources to support and enhance their scholarship and skills development, along with opportunities to connect through our events and partnerships.

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Learning Development

We provide outstanding academic support to students at all levels and across all disciplines in making the transition to the culture, practices and language of effective university study. We teach, mentor, coach and advise in a range of contexts to enable students to develop as effective, independent and critical learners in Higher Education. We are embedded in academic courses teaching bespoke academic writing sessions, we work closely with students in 1:1s and we also employ students as academic writing mentors, English language assistants and maths and stats tutors. We have developed a range of online resources to help you develop your academic skills including understanding approaches to assessments and making sense of feedback. These in-person and online activities provide opportunities for students to develop and enhance their own learning.

My role involves meeting with students one-on-one, and supporting them to become confident and competent academic writers. Working as a Writing Mentor has been beneficial to my own development – beyond strengthening my own academic writing, it has provided me with skills such as active listening, rapport building, and mentoring – which I feel will be really valuable to me in securing jobs after I graduate!

A quote from Student Writing Mentor, 2025

Sophie chats to Charlotte, a Scientific Writing Mentor and a doctoral student in Biomedical and Life Sciences on keeping the dopamine gremlin happy in academia, giving yourself grace, and on finding what works best for you in writing.

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Library Teaching and Engagement Team

Our Faculty Librarians support students to access and effectively use the wide range of resources provided by the Library. They offer guidance and teaching sessions on topics such as using specialist databases, systematic literature searching, referencing and referencing management tools. They provide a comprehensive collection of online subject guides and can also help you access additional resources outside of your studies such as our Box of Broadcasts, Digital maps and Graphic Novel collections.

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LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning is a digital learning platform that covers everything from learning Japanese to coding with R, and everything in between. It compliments other forms of learning, allowing students to gain skills and certificates that they wouldn’t necessarily get in their chosen subject area e.g. a history student getting a Python qualification.

It’s available to all students and staff through the Library and completed certificates can be connected through onto your LinkedIn profile allowing potential employers and collaborators to see how you have enhanced your learning beyond your degree.