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Your Academic Librarians encourage you to:

use academic resources
examine the assignment marking criteria
research systematically by narrowing search terms and identifying common themes
accurately reference and avoid plagiarism to meet the expectations of a UK university
develop academic debate and critical thinking skills

Book an appointment

For specific help with academic skills, you can book up to two, 30 minute one-to-one appointments with an Academic Librarian or Academic Skills Tutor per semester.

Appointments can take place online or at City or Headingley campus – please click into an individual appointment to see which locations are available (all slots can be booked as online appointments).

Skills for Learning workshops and events are mixture of live sessions and on-demand recordings. This includes guidance on Finding Information.

Skills for Learning events

Skills for Learning - all on-demand workshop recordings

Starts: 15 Jan 2025, 9:00 am

Finishes: 31 Aug 2026, 1:27 pm

All of the Skills for Learning workshop recordings can be found within the description below.

Intermediate SPSS - City campus

Starts: 24 Nov 2025, 10:00 am

Finishes: 24 Nov 2025, 11:30 am

Venue: City Campus, Leslie Silver, Room 102

Remaining places: 14

This workshop is aimed at students who are already familiar with using SPSS and provides students with an understanding of more advanced features in interactive mode. Please attend ‘Introduction to SPSS’ workshop prior to attending ‘Intermediate SPSS’.

Formatting your dissertation in Word - City campus

Starts: 24 Nov 2025, 11:30 am

Finishes: 24 Nov 2025, 12:30 pm

Venue: City Campus, Leslie Silver, Room 102

Remaining places: 14

This workshop covers formatting your dissertations in Microsoft Word including setting line spacing and margins, inserting page breaks and section breaks, adding heading styles, inserting table of contents, inserting captions, creating list of tables, figures, or images, and tidying up your document.

Report writing - live online workshop

Starts: 25 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm

Finishes: 25 Nov 2025, 2:00 pm

Remaining places: 26

This interactive workshop focuses on the skills you will use to complete reports on your course.

Intermediate SPSS - Headingley campus

Starts: 26 Nov 2025, 10:00 am

Finishes: 26 Nov 2025, 11:30 am

Venue: Headingley Campus, James Graham, Room 229

Remaining places: 15

Shut up and write!

Starts: 26 Nov 2025, 1:00 pm

Finishes: 26 Nov 2025, 3:00 pm

Venue: City Campus, Leslie Silver, Room 104

Remaining places: 20

This session is a chance for you to focus on your own work in a friendly environment, where you will come together with peers and be supported throughout by LBU’s Academic Skills Tutors.

Critical Thinking in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Starts: 4 Dec 2025, 12:00 pm

Finishes: 4 Dec 2025, 12:30 pm

This session explores how AI is transforming the way we access, process, and evaluate information. Together we discuss practical strategies to strengthen our critical thinking skills by evaluating AI-generated content, identifying bias, and applying logical reasoning.

The Academic Librarian Team

Karen Fisher, Catherine Parkin, Maria Simões, Jennie Winterburn, Amber Edwards, Rachel Davies, Jess Haigh, Caroline Robinson

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