The Academic Skills Mentors are a team of postgraduate students offering one-to-one confidential academic support for all students based at Hope Park and Creative Campus. The mentors offer face-to-face or online appointments and email feedback.
What we offer
The mentors help students to build essential academic and study skills, including:
- Developing critical thinking, note-taking, and writing
- Support with planning, structuring, and reflective writing
- Guidance on literature reviews, dissertations, referencing, and avoiding plagiarism
- Navigating Hope’s IT systems and enhancing digital skills
- Time management strategies, exam preparation and revision techniques
- Presentation skills and working effectively in groups
- And much more!
Please note that the team does not provide support with subject-specific content, estimating grades, or proofreading entire assignments.
Meet the team
In-class workshops and shout-outs
The team can deliver academic writing and study skills workshops inside or outside of classes, attend lectures and seminars, meet with your students, and promote the service.
Study skills Moodle page
Our dedicated Moodle page is packed with useful resources, including:
- Step-by-step guides, worksheets and templates
- Recommended books, websites and top apps
- Top tips and copies of our PowerPoints
- Recordings of helpful videos and webinars
To find out more, contact Nadia Donaldson, Learning Skills and Spaces Co-ordinator at mahernn@hope.ac.uk.
Supporting Student Success with Ethical AI
Liverpool Hope University has partnered with Studiosity to provide an AI-powered pedagogical tool for Hope Park and Creative Campus students. With over 200 institutions and 2 million students using this platform, Hope University supports the development of creating future-ready graduates. This academically endorsed feedback tool helps students improve their critical thinking, use of sources and a range of other skills required of successful graduates. Available 24/7, Studiosity offers ethical writing feedback within minutes, encouraging students to use this AI tool for learning, not corrections.
To learn more about this tool and how the Academic Skills Team can promote it in your classes, please contact Nadia Donaldson, Learning Skills and Spaces Co-ordinator at mahernn@hope.ac.uk. (2).jpg)
The Learning and Teaching Team has collaborated closely with the University of Greenwich to adapt their award-winning interactive e-learning module. This valuable online resource explores the causes of academic misconduct and offers practical advice on how to maintain academic integrity.
The module covers key topics such as avoiding plagiarism, effective paraphrasing, referencing, and time management. Upon completing these sections, students are required to take a quiz to assess their understanding and knowledge. They can revisit the course as often as they like, and their progress will be saved automatically.
Academics are encouraged to integrate the module into their teaching. It can be used as a foundation for classroom discussions, as a preventative resource, or in response to incidents of academic misconduct.
The module is embedded within course Moodles. For more information, please contact Nadia Donaldson, Learning Skills and Spaces Co-ordinator at mahernn@hope.ac.uk.
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