Academic skills provision: exploring effective approaches to support students into and through Oxford

A knowledge exchange forum. View the programme at www.ctl.ox.ac.uk/view-programme-academic-skills-event.

Who should attend?
All academic, professional support staff and graduate students at collegiate Oxford who are engaged in delivering and/or supporting students’ academic skills at undergraduate and postgraduate level. This includes roles such as graduate mentor, study skills adviser, academic skills lecturer, course director, tutor, fellow or graduate mentor, as well as colleagues in welfare and libraries.

What will the event do? – Provide a forum for colleges and departments to share their approaches and models of academic skills development provision – Bring together a range of stakeholders within and across Oxford’s colleges, departments and professional services for a multi-professional, holistic perspective on academic skills development – Explore potential for evaluation and understanding of what works – Present key insights and practices from a selection of UK universities with established academic skills provision.

The event is hosted by the University’s Academic Skills Development Project, with support from the Centre for Teaching and Learning. Find out about the Academic Skills Development Project at www.ctl.ox.ac.uk/academic-skills-development-project.