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Study skills hub

Develop academic and communication skills to help you learn more effectively.

You need strong study skills to succeed throughout your degree. To help you develop, we offer four types of service to suit different learning styles:

  • online learning guides
  • hands-on experience and use of equipment
  • one-to-one support
  • workshops

Where to start

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Skills Guides

Our Skills Guides are online resources to develop your academic writing, digital skills and more.

Subject Guides

Our Subject Guides include Library resources and support for your subject and contact details for your Faculty Librarians.

Common topics

Managing your reading

Finding credible information

Academic writing

English language support

Digital skills

Maths and stats

Academic integrity and referencing

Critical thinking

Assessment and feedback

Dissertations and literature reviews

Organising yourself

Presentations and speaking

Need more?

One-to-one appointments

One-to-one appointments for academic writing, maths skills, data skills, and study coaching are tailored to your specific needs.

Equipment hire

Hire a range of digital tools and equipment from our Creativity Lab.

Forthcoming study and digital skills workshops

Event

The Distractibles Meetup

Wednesday 29 July 2026 12.30pm - 1.30pm

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: LFA/144 Academic Skills workshop room (Harry Fairhurst Building, Campus West)
Open to: Students/staff

The Distractibles Meetup

Wednesday 29 July 2026 12.30pm - 1.30pm

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: LFA/144 Academic Skills workshop room (Harry Fairhurst Building, Campus West)
Open to: Students/staff

Finding it hard to focus and plagued by distractions? Join The Distractibles Meetup on Wednesdays, 12.30pm to 1.30pm in the Library, LFA/144. We are a support group of staff and students with small group chat and accessibility ideas to try. Whether you're neurodivergent or just easily distracted, our peer-support group might be just the thing for you. The Distractibles

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Event

Academic Style: What It Is and How to Achieve It

Friday 31 July 2026 11am - 12.30pm

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: online
Open to: Everyone

Academic Style: What It Is and How to Achieve It

Friday 31 July 2026 11am - 12.30pm

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: online
Open to: Everyone

There is a style of writing which makes a text sound academic, and in this session you will learn what the elements of this style are, so you can begin to use them in your own academic writing. Find related online resources here: https://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/academic-writing

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Introduction to PG Dissertations

Monday 3 August 2026 1pm - 2.30pm

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: online
Open to: Postgraduates

Introduction to PG Dissertations

Monday 3 August 2026 1pm - 2.30pm

Organiser: Academic Skills
Location: online
Open to: Postgraduates

This workshop is for postgraduate-taught students only. It will define what a dissertation is and show how it differs from other assignment types. It will then look at the opportunities writing a dissertation offers students and the academic skills that are needed to write one. Finally, it will briefly look at the different sections/chapters that can be included in dissertations and what type of information these sections/chapters typically contain.

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All forthcoming study and digital skills workshops

Contact us

Contact the Library Help desk with any questions you have about study skills.

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