Study Skills One-to-One Tutorials
Study Skills tutorials are available on a wide range of topics including:
- Researching and planning essays
- Reading for comprehension
- Note making (for reading and/ or lectures)
- Studying for exams
- Writing reports
- Citing and referencing
- Managing time
Book a tutorial
Please read the information below carefully before booking a one-to-one tutorial.
Who are these for?
Study skills appointments are open to all undergraduate, taught postgraduate (PGT) and postgraduate research (e.g. MPhil, PhD) students.
However, if you are a PGR (e.g. MPhill, PhD) student and require assistance with writing or language, please book an PGR Writing tutorial.
Overview of the sessions
One-to-one appointments are free, online 50-minute sessions with an academic skills tutor designed to provide detailed and focused assistance with study skills.
Our primary aim is to help students develop effective strategies and become independent learners—please note, we do not offer routine tutoring services.
Sessions generally take place during office hours, which are 0900-1700, Monday-Friday. We do not offer appointments over the weekend.
Who will be my tutor?
Experienced postgraduate (PhD) tutors or members of IELLI academic staff. Tutors are likely to be from a different discipline from your own but can help you develop effective study strategies and enhance your approach to your academic work.
If you are a current PhD student and would rather not meet with a postgraduate tutor, please contact [email protected] to book an appointment with one of our Student Development team.
What can we help with?
Study Skills sessions are designed to provide you with personalised support and strategies to become independent in your studies. We can cover the following topics within a Study Skills appointment:
- Essay research and planning
- Reading for comprehension
- Note-making (for reading and/or lectures)
- Studying for exams
- Lab report writing
- Citing and referencing
- Time management
- Dissertation research, project management and planning
- Reflective writing
What can’t we help with?
- Discipline-specific problems or content- these appointments are about supporting you with the underlying skills for learning.
- Generating ideas and content.
- Proofreading your work. This is not a proofreading service.
- For detailed academic writing/ language support please book an Academic Writing or Speaking tutorial.
Guidelines for appointments
- You can book up to 6 sessions per semester.
- If you would like an in-person appointment, please contact [email protected] in the first instance.
- Please note that it may be 24 hours before your appointment is allocated, therefore we may not always be able to fulfil last-minute requests.
- Read the information in your confirmation email carefully.
- If you are unable to attend please let us know as soon as possible.
- To cancel or reschedule please use the link provided in your confirmation email– do not just delete the appointment from your calendar as we will receive no notification of this.
- If you anticipate any problems accessing your appointment remotely, please get in touch at [email protected].
- If you would like an appointment outside of office hours (for example, to fit around caring responsibilities) please email [email protected] and we will do our best to accommodate.