Whether you are coming to UCS straight from A Levels, or whether you are a mature student returning to studying after a period away from education, we recognise that all students can benefit on occasion from additional help and advice with general study skills such as essay writing, time management, presentation skills, maths, research methods, use of computers, and much more.
The Learning Development Centre at UCS Ipswich is located in an attractive suite of dedicated rooms within the Library. We run a daily programme of individual drop-in advice sessions and group workshops covering a range of study skills. These sessions are free and are open to students on all courses and at all levels.
Examples of our popular Learning Development workshops include:
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Harvard referencing and plagiarism;
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Essay writing and planning;
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Using PowerPoint to create academic posters;
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Analysing your research data;
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English language advice for international students.
The Learning Development Centre also maintains a substantial resource bank of high quality study skills materials, which are available across the whole Learning Network through our Virtual Learning Environment|.
Pre-entry Study Skills Courses
The Learning Development Centre runs a number of optional pre-entry study skills courses for new students, during the weeks before your course starts (in September or February). You will find out more about these courses when you apply to UCS and are offered a place.
Support for dyslexia or other specific learning differences
Additional study support for students with a diagnosis of dyslexia or other specific learning differences is provided through the specialist advisers in Student Support|.
Learning Development Team
The Learning Development team of qualified and experienced tutors at UCS Ipswich are well known across UCS for providing friendly, informal and accessible advice and support. Here are some examples of what students say about us:
“I needed some advice about my essay, and the feedback from the Learning Development Team was so helpful and useful about a lot of things that I could add/change in my essay which helped me improve my academic writing skills.”
“Took all questions and concerns, regardless of course, into consideration and gave excellent advice.”
“Extremely helpful. As a 'newby' starting in the 3rd year the help I have been given has been invaluable.”
“The tutor was very good and explained things in a variety of ways (sometimes several times) and checked my understanding before he moved on. Surprisingly, I found the maths workshop enjoyable and I plan to continue to attend next semester.”
“All of those helping me with English have been incredibly helpful! They have spent so much time with me, patiently teaching me how to write better. J---, M--- and L--- were the ones who did such a wonderful job. I feel like, because of their help, my writing skills have increased dramatically over the last few months. They have helped me with sentence structure, commas, semi-colons and colons. You 3 are awesome! By the way, definitely in part because of the English skills help, I received a 60, 67, and a 73 on my papers (that is 2 merits and 1 distinction)! Thank you!”
“Very good!!!!! The best help for international students, like me!!!!!! Love it, very helpful!!!!”
[Verbatim student feedback, December 2010]