Teaching Academic Skills in HE
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Teaching Academic Skills in HE
Emily Wheeler
@heliotropia
We support…• All undergraduates and taught postgraduates• Teaching staff• Schools/FE
We work with…• Careers centre• Language centre (English as an additional
language)• Counselling• Educational Engagement team
“Flying start to…”Express workshops
Workshops
Webinars
Embedded teaching within Faculties
Workshops
Office open 09:30 - 17:00
Phone or email also available
Team assistants triage enquiries
Learning Advisors offer 30-minute appointments in Skills Zone “pods”
1-to-1 Support
What are academic skills?
Supporting students
• Showing new techniques• Developing strategies for faster, smarter
working• Improving existing skills• Learning by doing• NOT proofreading!
Have a go!
• Decide the best order for the sentences in order to make a coherent paragraph.
Working with student work
• Read the extracts and see if you can spot features of “good” academic writing
Any ideas?!
• Can you suggest any ways of changing/improving these activities?
How do you know what to say?
• Research!
• Experience
• Peer learning & observation
• Practice
• Student feedback