Slides from UC&R East Midlands Section event 'Skills for Success? Study skills in Higher Education' 8th June 2010 - 'New tricks? Librarians teaching study skills at Loughborough' Elizabeth Gadd
8. What we offer – Embedded skills teaching Topic Sessions 2008/9 (12 months) Sessions 2009/10 (9 months) Intro to study skills/ learning 3 6 Group work 2 3 PDP 1 1 Poster design 0 1 Presentation skills 3 0 Revision & exam skills 3 1 Time management 2 2 Writing skills 4 3 Total 18 17
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11. Challenges faced: The need for joined-up support “ We suggest that librarians and staff supporting IT, careers, widening participation, accessibility and learning development need better opportunities to learn from each other as the nature of successful study changes. There is background evidence that literacies transfer poorly across boundaries, a finding the makes joined-up support all the more critical. ” Learning Literacies in a Digital Age. (2009) JISC URL: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/publications/briefingpapers/2009/learningliteraciesbp.aspx