Personal Effectiveness

Being effective by recognising procrastination and perfectionism, communicating professionally, developing strategies to stay motivated and developing reflective, lifelong learning practices will all help you to be successful in your studies and your career.

Time Management

Learn what time management is and why you need to do it, how to prioritise tasks, time management techniques and avoiding procrastination.

  • Estimated duration is 20 minutes.

Overcoming procrastination

Learn how to notice when you may be procrastinating, strategies you can use when you feel yourself procrastinating so that you can get started with, or continue, your tasks. You will also develop your own personal action plan to form a toolkit of strategies you can use when you experience procrastination.

  • Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Developing your confidence for studying at University

Learn what academic confidence is, how confident you feel with your studies right now, tips for becoming more involved in your group, classes or research and you will create your own action plan of strategies to try to boost your study confidence.

  • Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Professional communication

Learn when and why to use different methods of communication, and how to develop communication skills to use throughout your studies and future career.

  • Estimated duration is 20 minutes.

Overcoming perfectionism

Learn how to identify perfectionism, strategies you can use when you feel yourself experiencing perfectionism so that you can get started with, or continue, your tasks. You will also develop your own personal action plan to form a toolkit of strategies you can use when you experience perfectionism.

  • Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Dealing with change: wellbeing for life

Learn about the importance of balancing your physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health and develop strategies to help you balance your wellbeing.

  • Estimated duration is 40 minutes

Staying motivated with your studies

Learn strategies that you can use to help you feel motivated with your studies.

  • Estimated duration is 15 minutes.

Developing academic resilience

Learn what academic resilience is and how it can help you succeed, how resilient you are as you begin your studies with us and how to approach your studies with confidence and resilience.

  • Estimated duration is 40 minutes.

Academic Skills Workshops

Screenshot of the academic skills workshops portal showing four topic blocks: study and research, IT and digital, maths and numeracy and Library welcome.

Elevate your skills and knowledge with us!

We offer a wide range of academic skills workshops delivered online and in-person on campus. This is a great place to start if you want to:

  • Improve your study and research skills.
  • Develop your IT and digital skills.
  • Focus on your maths and numeracy.

Workshops are added regularly, so keep checking back to see what's new!