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Skills

Looking to improve your academic skills?

Explore the skills site for practical guidance, online resources, workshops, and specialist support to help you study smarter, build confidence, and achieve your goals.

New Students: Complete Academic Essentials
Returning Students: Assess your Academic Skills

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Email: askus@salford.ac.uk

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Free workshops, short courses, drop-in support, and on-demand webinars.

Complete online learning

Online learning covering study, research, digital and numeracy skills.

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Skills

Develop your academic skills

Develop your study, research, digital, and numeracy skills.

Complete Academic Essentials
Assess your Academic Skills
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University assessments

You'll need to complete a range of assessments whilst studying. We've compiled information about the common assessment types to...
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Finding information

Learn about the benefits that developing good information searching skills can bring.
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Academic writing

Communicating in an academic style through the written word is a skill you'll need to develop to get good grades throughout your...
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International student support

Our resources can help you start your learning journey with confidence.
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Academic integrity & referencing

We've produced guidance to help you maintain your academic integrity and reference your sources correctly.
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IT and digital

We've put together a helpful list of the key IT and digital resources you'll need.
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Get in touch with the Learning and Skills team

Email: askus@salford.ac.uk

Come to a workshop

Develop your academic skills by attending a skills workshop.