Academic Tutoring at UEL Visit us at http://tiny.cc/SSkills Shortcut to Moodle page: tiny.cc/ueltutors Why are we here? Advice on developing your academic English and writing. Develop transferable skills that will benefit you in your career. Help with the maths and statistics tasks on your course. Support in developing academic skills for successful study. What we do to support you… • Student Development Sessions – these are tailored to your course/assignments and cover all relevant writing and Mathematics and statistics. • Comprehensive online guides/how to videos • Daily Academic Writing and Maths Drop-ins • One-to-one writing and Maths sessions • My Feedback Academic Tutoring If you’d like to develop your academic English, maths or study skills 1. Study Skills on Moodle 2. Student Development Seminars 3. Online Drop-ins 20-minute slots Various resources to help you develop your skills for study independently. Moodle > Study Skills Timetabled workshops and seminars on a range of academic development and student support topics. Check your timetable for these sessions and be sure to attend! Including e.g. essay writing, numeracy, reflective writing, presentation skills, planning. Good for quick questions or if you would like feedback on a short piece of writing or problem etc. Mon-Fri, 10-11am ,1-2PM (English) 11am-12pm and 1-2PM (Maths), subject to tutor availability. Student Development Sessions Mental Wealth Competences - 2/2/23 Plagiarism/collusion Academic - 16/2/23 Group Presentation Techniques - 2/3/23 Technical/ Reflective Writing Academic- 9/3/23 Academic report writing -20/4/23 Academic Tutors: Mike Grist m.grist@uel.ac.uk Angela Manser a.manser@uel.ac.uk Drop-ins and My Feedback • The 1-1 drop-in service gets you a 30-minute slot with one of the Academic Tutor team, who can look at your written work and offer advice and suggestions on all areas of academic writing and language, including structure, grammar, research and many other areas. • The My Feedback service provides line-by-line feedback on 1,500 words of your work, primarily focused on grammar, referencing, and structure. Drop-in sessions and My Feedback • 1-1 Drop-in Booking instructions below: • • For Academic Writing – Drop in sessions open link below: • https://moodle.uel.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=24191#writing • MyFeedback Booking instructions below: • • To submit 1,500 words to MyFeedback – open link below: • https://moodle.uel.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=24172&section=1 Academic Tutoring Drop Ins English & Academic Writing Monday – Friday 10 – 11am & 1-2 PM Maths & Statistics Monday – Friday 11 – 12pm & 1-2PM Online via TEAMs • • • • Book your slot on Study Skills (under Moodle>Student Links) Go online on TEAMs at the scheduled time A tutor will chat to you and call you (Please remember to book with your UEL credentials) Centre for Student Success How to find us Challenges of university study… • Time can be scarce, balancing study, family life, work and recreation can be demanding and often stressful. • University study needs organisation, good planning skills and commitment. • Studying needs concentration skills, ability to write and present ideas and thoughts clearly. • University work requires you to work with others through collaborative learning and sharing ideas. You need tolerance and effective communication skills. Digital Proficiency - Use ICT effectively; understand the implications of the proliferation of technology and access to information. (DP) Social & Emotional Identify, assess, and regulate one’s own emotions and moods & understand the underlying emotions of others Intelligence (SEI) • Deal with ambiguity and uncertainty. • Self-awareness & self-regulation • Active listening • developing motivational attitudes • Emotional resilience • Team / Groupwork, Managing your audience •Coordinating with others • Negotiation Physical Intelligence Perceive and optimise your physical responses to influence your emotion and affect your physical behaviour. • Managing stress & physical resilience (health) • Attention span / reaction & response time - (PI) • Self-discipline & self-management of physical presence • Cognitive & muscle memory Cognitive Acquire, retain and use knowledge, recognise, pose, and solve problems. Intelligence (CoI) • Subject knowledge • Critical thinking • Complex problem-solving • Systems / routine problem-solving • Research, synthesis & analysis Cultural Intelligence Relate to and work effectively across cultures including intercultural engagement, cultural understanding, and intercultural communication. (CuI) • Identity & Diversity - Within contexts of race, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, religion & belief and sexuality Industry Connections - (IC) Understand and effectively meet the expectations of industry partners, through outputs and behaviours. • Professional Body input • External Industrial visits • Job seeking, preparation • interview / selection techniques, mentoring Community Reflect on and engage in mutually beneficially interactions with our communities. Connections & UEL • Engagement with inhouse activities as a student rep or ambassador, providing a service to another UEL Give-Back (CC-GB) department • External community volunteering • Coaching Entrepreneurship & The generation and application of ideas within a practical setting. Can lead to venture creation: Student Development Sessions Mental Wealth Competences - 2/2/23 Plagiarism/collusion Academic - 16/2/23 Group Presentation Techniques - 2/3/23 Technical/ Reflective Writing Academic- 9/3/23 Academic report writing -20/4/23 Academic Tutors: Mike Grist m.grist@uel.ac.uk Angela Manser a.manser@uel.ac.uk Digital Proficiency - Use ICT effectively; understand the implications of the proliferation of technology and access to information. (DP) Social & Emotional Identify, assess, and regulate one’s own emotions and moods & understand the underlying emotions of others Intelligence (SEI) • Deal with ambiguity and uncertainty. • Self-awareness & self-regulation • Active listening • developing motivational attitudes • Emotional resilience • Team / Groupwork, Managing your audience •Coordinating with others • Negotiation Physical Intelligence Perceive and optimise your physical responses to influence your emotion and affect your physical behaviour. • Managing stress & physical resilience (health) • Attention span / reaction & response time - (PI) • Self-discipline & self-management of physical presence • Cognitive & muscle memory Cognitive Acquire, retain and use knowledge, recognise, pose, and solve problems. Intelligence (CoI) • Subject knowledge • Critical thinking • Complex problem-solving • Systems / routine problem- solving • Research, synthesis & analysis Cultural Intelligence Relate to and work effectively across cultures including intercultural engagement, cultural understanding, and intercultural communication. (CuI) • Identity & Diversity - Within contexts of race, gender, ethnicity, age, disability, religion & belief and sexuality Industry Connections - (IC) Understand and effectively meet the expectations of industry partners, through outputs and behaviours. • Professional Body input • External Industrial visits • Job seeking, preparation • interview / selection techniques, mentoring Community Reflect on and engage in mutually beneficially interactions with our communities. Connections & UEL • Engagement with inhouse activities as a student rep or ambassador, providing a service to another UEL Give-Back (CC-GB) department • External community volunteering • Coaching Entrepreneurship & The generation and application of ideas within a practical setting. Can lead to venture creation: One possible definition ‘In an academic context, reading and writing critically means asking questions of the text as we read, and asking questions of the knowledge claims’ (UCL Institute of Education, 2017, no page). NB: Criticality is arguably not just ONE thing. It can depend on context. Does this match your understanding? A Model to Generate Critical Thinking Copyright Learning Development, University of Plymouth, 2006 Questions? If you have any questions please email us at tutors@uel.ac.uk
