Skills@Essex

Skills@Essex is a bank of self-access study skills resources on Moodle, designed to enhance your academic and personal development during your studies. All Essex students have access to Skills@Essex.

We offer a range of resources to supplement your studies, including:

Reading

• Academic argument
• Digital reading
• Reading for academic purposes

Writing

• Grammar
• Lab report writing for the biosciences
• Note-taking
• Process writing
• Quoting, paraphrasing and summarising
• Structuring academic essays
• Writing in the disciplines (example questions and answers)

Speaking, listening and presentations

• Effective presentations
• Discussion skills

Mathematics, statistics and coding

• Algebra
• Basic statistics
• Numeracy and arithmetic
• Python basics for beginners
• Scientific method

Research and referencing

• Academic integrity
• Literature search
• Referencing guidance

Study skills

• Academic resilience
• Critical thinking
• Digital skills at Essex
• Independent learning
• Finding support at Essex
• Library basics
• Preparing for your exams
• Problem solving
• Revision skills
• Time management
• Working in groups and teams