Dear colleagues,
I am coordinating a new study skills centre at Bath Spa University and would like to underpin the centre's practice with contemporary (UK) scholarship. To clarify, I am not completely new to the field: I have 7 years of experience teaching academic writing in writing centres and programmes in Canada and the UK, so I am well-versed in North American composition pedagogy and the Academic Literacies work taking place in the UK.
What I am looking for is research more broadly related to how to best teach 'study skills' in HE. For example, many of us (myself included) argue for embedding study skills in each discipline, but which studies prove this is 'better' than centralised services or 'remedial' models?
So, my question is this: what are the pinnacle studies in study skills provision in UK HE?
For further information, my other research interests include the teaching of academic writing, particularly to first-year students and improving curriculum design (incl. feedback, assignment design, teaching methods, etc) to improve learning.
I look forward to meeting and working with many of you in the future.
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Joelle Adams, Student Achievement Coordinator
Student Study Skills Centre
School for Development and Participation
Bath Spa University
Newton St Loe
Bath, BA2 9BN
Tel: +44 (0)1225 876365
Mob: +44 (0)7890 580609
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