• Writing toolkit: Eleven sessions in total, aimed at improving your academic practice.
• Communication Skills: Four sessions that support better communication in your university journey.
• Communication and Employability Skills: Four sessions that feed directly into your future professional identity.
• Public Speaking: Four sessions to support you to develop this key life skill.

The sessions run each semester and are suitable for all students at all levels of study. Access a summary of all sessions.

All sessions are 50 minutes long either in-person on campus or live online (LOIL) on Microsoft Teams.

Advance booking is required on MySkills. Before signing up for a session, please make sure that the day and time do not clash with your academic timetable by checking MyTimetable.

You can learn more about our Skills for Success sessions in the following student blogs:

• How skills enrichment workshops have helped me improve my work
• What I learnt from a skills enrichment workshop on feedback
• My takeaways on how to write a scientific report

Please note, sessions may be cancelled at short notice if there is insufficient take-up. We will advise you as soon as possible if a session is cancelled.

*Our 'Skills for Success' sessions were previously known as 'Skills Enrichment'. The quality and purpose remain however, the name has changed to better reflect our mission to help you succeed.

Writing toolkit certificate

Attend and participate in all eleven of our writing toolkit sessions, spread across either one or both semesters of the academic year 2024-2025.

Complete skills toolkit certificate

Attend and participate in all of our writing toolkit sessions, communication, communication and employability, and public speaking sessions, spread across either one or both semesters of the academic year 2024-2025.