Skills Hub
The Skills Hub is a dedicated team of recent graduates and experienced academic tutors that helps you develop your academic skills and confidence, so that you can achieve your full potential in both your education and your career.
The range of support that you can access through the Skills Hub includes:
- Academic skills tutorials: you can book 1:1 appointments with academic skills tutors to discuss your approach to written assignments and improve your academic techniques
- Writing Advisory Service (WAS): you can submit a portion a draft assignment to receive developmental feedback
- Speaking and language skills: regular sessions are available for international and non-English speaking students to practice spoken English and join a supportive peer community
- Maths and statistics support: dedicated help is available if you need assistance with these subjects.
Each of our three campuses has a Skills Hub. You'll be able to access more information, and book appointments, on My 69成人网 once your course starts.
PATs and SSGTs
To help you make the most out of your time at the University of 69成人网, you will be assigned a Personal Academic Tutor (PAT) at the beginning of your degree to help you develop skills to achieve your goals, such as guiding you through assessment feedback from all of your modules.
Your PAT will be one of the academic staff within your schools and will be your support for all academic aspects of your degree which isn’t related to the content of any individual modules.
PATs are also able to support you with planning for your future, and can refer you to a Career Development Adviser for your school if you would like to talk through your ideas or get support with developing your skills and your career.
Our Student Support and Guidance Tutors (SSGTs) are dedicated to supporting you with any issues that might be impacting your studies, your wellbeing and your experience with us.
You can talk through anything affecting your ability to achieve with your SSGT, including:
- health, wellbeing and self-care
- anxiety and stress-related issues
- Additional Considerations applications and processes
- motivation, procrastination and time-management
- isolation, loneliness and homesickness
- accommodation issues
- difficulties with your course - guidance on intermission, transfers and withdrawal
- discrimination, bullying and harassment - reporting and support.
Each academic school has at least one SSGT. You will usually get to meet your SSGT in the first few weeks of starting university.
Many of our courses provide work placements or other professional work-based opportunities.
A placement can offer you a taste of what life is really like in your chosen field, provide useful work experience and give you a chance to impress potential employers.
Doing a placement will enhance your career prospects by giving you the opportunity to:
- extend skills that you already have and develop new ones
- build your confidence
- gain knowledge of the professional environment
- apply your theoretical knowledge to real-world situations
- develop specific vocational and personal skills
- make contacts in your chosen industry
- gain transferable work experience and skills such as communication and team working
- earn a salary.