Study Skills
Support at college
- Your student can speak to their teacher – study skills can be specific to a subject. Use the subject sharepoint and encourage your student to ask for additional support from their teacher – most subjects run weekly workshops so that’s a good place to start.
- Your student can use the Study Support Sharepoint and the Study Skills section – there are lots of useful tips, including effective writing, effective reading, memory, essay structure and Academic English.
- If your student has tried all of the above but still feels that they need more support, their tutor or teacher can make a referral to Study Support for a session.
What can parents/guardians do?
- Offer to help proofread your student’s work – sometimes a fresh pair of eyes can really help to make improvements.
- Support them with memory recall – encourage them to teach you what they have learnt and have a discussion about it or help them to come up with memorable ways to retain information such as a rhyme, picture or mind map.
External support & Links
Keep Calm & PEE paragraph
How to Use Mnemonics to Improve Your Memory (verywellmind.com)
7 Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills | Coursera
The Journey Method: Your New Secret Weapon for Remembering (magneticmemorymethod.com)
The Beginner’s Guide to Writing an Essay | Steps & Examples (scribbr.com)
How to write an introduction to an essay – KS3 English – BBC Bitesize