Our academic skills offer
Across the Library, Archives and Learning Services (LALS) our skills teams provide a wide range of advice and expertise on a variety of academic skills.
Our guidance for academic and digital skills empowers taught students, postgraduate researchers and staff to develop confidence in your abilities and to build lifelong transferable skills. This page summarises our academic skills offer and the teams who deliver our expert guidance.
Explore our wide-ranging skills menus
To summarise our academic skills offer across LALS we have two skills menus: one for taught students and one for postgraduate researchers. From searching for resources to academic writing, from communication skills to media editing and much more, we serve helpings of a vast array of skills. Whet your appetite with the skills menus below or download your own PDF copy.
If you still have room for more, explore some of our other skills content to see the full range of our support. We deliver training in many different ways, including our extensive online materials, a wide-ranging programme of skills workshops, department-based workshops and lectures, 1:1 appointments and email enquiries.
Get to know our skills teams
Our skills teams are ready to work with you on all aspects of academic skills. Read more about the teams below and be sure to get in touch to discuss how we can support you.
Faculty Librarian team
Our Faculty Librarian team offer information literacy teaching within taught modules, bespoke guidance for students to search for resources and consultancy for academic staff to ensure the library meets your teaching and research needs.
Digital Inclusion, Skills and Creativity (DISC)
Our Digital Inclusion, Skills and Creativity (DISC) team provide digital skills support to all University members, covering digital literacy, Google workspace, digital accessibility and more. They run the Creativity Lab and YorCreate makerspace in the library.
Learning Enhancement
Our Learning Enhancement team deliver provision to enhance students’ academic skills (including writing, communication, study skills, maths and statistics) via workshops, online resources and one-to-one appointments. They coordinate the Academic Skills Community.
Open Research team
Our Open Research team promote and facilitate open research practice at the University, including open access publishing and research data management.
Archives and Research Collections
Archives and Research Collections curate and provide access to archives and rare books, provide records management and digital preservation services and manage the University art collection and our partnership with York Minster Library.