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On top of our teaching, you'll also have a whole host of resources to cover all your learning needs.

As a student here, you'll also have access to other libraries in the city, including York Minster Library, the country's largest cathedral library.

Develop your academic skill set

Through the Academic Skills Community, you can access guidance, resources, and activities to assist with your academic studies and strengthen your employability. You can boost your skills with online resources and skills guides, workshops, and one-to-one advice.

  • Maths: Hone your maths, data analysis, and statistics, and prepare for numerical reasoning tests.
  • Writing: Boost your academic writing and study strategies, develop an academic writing style, proofread your own work and more.
  • Digital: Improve your digital skills, and get the most out of our software packages, through Skills Guides and training sessions
  • Communication: Build your confidence in presenting, collaborating, speaking and listening through workshops.
  • Academic integrity: Learn to follow good academic practice in your reading and writing, and how to avoid plagiarism, through our Academic Integrity tutorial and extensive Reference Guides.
  • Library: Make an appointment with a Faculty librarian to improve your library searching skills.

Spaces to think, to work, to create

Our main Uni library is home to over a million books and other resources. It's also where you'll find:

I prefer to work in my favourite study spaces on campus and around the city. I tend to book a study room in the Library, or go to Church Lane, where there's a range of amazing study spaces and a Starbucks!
Rhiannon, BA Business and Management. Read Rhiannon's blog post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE7H6Dgvf2g

Stay connected

Laptop loans. Campus computers. Lecture recordings. Extensive IT support. Remote access to apps, files and course materials. Free wifi across campus and the city. A Virtual Learning Environment to chat with students and staff.

It's all here to make studying as easy as it can be.

You’ll be part of a community that wants you to achieve your best. Be that through sessions at the skills centres, working together with your coursemates, asking your lecturer to clarify things you’re unsure about, or checking in with your supervisor if you need more support.
Keely, BA German and Spanish Language. Read Keely's blog post.

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