The Learning Development team in partnership with Academic Liaison Librarians and Microsoft Office Trainers has produced to a repository of accessible open-access learning materials that cover a wide range of academic skills. These include:

• Academic and assignment writing
• Microsoft Office Training
• Finding and using information
• Maths and statistics
• Referencing
• Study skills

Learning Development guides are available under a Creative Commons license so can be adopted by course teams for use in their teaching.

1:1 support for students

Self-refer

The Learning Development Team co-deliver the Study Hub service delivered out of the University libraries. Study Hub acts as a one-stop shop for students to support with writing, maths, study skills, researching and IT. The Learning Development Team specifically supports the development of writing, maths and study skills. Students can also request appointments with Learning Development Tutors directly via email: learningdevelopment@beds.ac.uk

By referral

Students who would benefit from additional academic skills developmental support will also be referred to the Learning Development team via Personal Academic Tutors and Student Support teams. Whenever we receive a referral, the Learning Development Team will contact students to offer an appointment with a Tutor.

The Academy's Learning Development team provide targeted academic skills initiatives to support student continuation and success. This could include delivering academic skills workshops, drop-ins and creating learning materials. Prioritised courses for the Learning Development to work with are agreed through liaison between Learning Development Faculty Partners with Heads of School.

The Learning Development Team supports students to use digital systems that provide formative feedback related to writing. This includes:

• Online writing feedback via Studiosity
• Originality checking via Turnitin

More information about these digital systems is available via the Digital Learning Systems (BREO) section.

The Student Experience Leaders scheme is delivered by the Academy for Learning and Teaching Excellence in partnership with the Students’ Union and key colleagues from across the University. Student Experience Leaders work in partnership with faculties and professional directorates to champion the student's voice and implement curricular and co-/extra-curricular projects, which will facilitate the enhancement of student success and satisfaction.

The scheme serves to:

• Improve student engagement with the University and its courses.
• Facilitate meaningful collaborations between students and staff to enable students to support staff to improve overall student satisfaction through school representation and specified project work.
• Facilitate meaningful collaborations between students and staff to enable students to support staff to enhance progress outcomes for targeted groups.
• Enhance student employability through participation in challenging real-world projects.

Championing student's voices

Student Experience Leaders are a key contact for student Course Representatives along with other Students’ Union representatives. They collate feedback from representatives, identify trends and share this at faculty/department meetings. Student Experience Leaders then provide updates to representatives about feedback outcomes and developments.

Project work

Student Experience Leaders also work in partnership with academic staff to co-deliver projects that focus on enhancing student engagement and success and/or student satisfaction. In Academic Year 24/25 Student Experience Leader projects will be delivered in:

• Faculty of Creative, Arts Technology and Science
• Faculty of Education, English and Sport
• Faculty of Health and Social Science
• University of Bedfordshire Business School
• Library, Learning Resources and Information
• Academy for Learning and Teaching Excellence

Further information

Information related to Student Experience Leaders via academy@beds.ac.uk