Academic Skills and Studying with Confidence - Support Services at Leeds Trinity University

This report describes the various support services available for students at Leeds Trinity University to enhance their academic skills and studying with confidence. It covers the student support team, peer support champions, well-being and health services, accommodations for students with disabilities, study support and skill development programs, and more.

Academic Skills and
Studying With
Confidence

Table of Contents
INTRDOUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................2

INTRODUCTION
Academic skills can be defined as the habits, talents, abilities, capacities, capability,
adequate manners, knowledge and other requirements that are helpful to pursue educational
activities of an individual. These academic skills may consist of certain scales and abilities
within an individual like comprehension, presentation skills, research ability, keen learning,
listening ability, note taking etc. Leeds Trinity University is an educational institution that was
established in the year 1966 and is headquartered in Leeds, United Kingdom. This report
describes various support services that are available for the students within Leeds Trinity
University so that the academic performance of the students can be enhanced.
MAIN BODY
Leeds Trinity University provides many support services and structural benefits to its
students for enhancing their educational activities within the institution. In the university, the
students have many opportunities for growth and these opportunities are enhanced by providing
various support services to the students for improving their academic and career growth (Cheng,
and et. Al., 2019). There are various support services that are provided by the University, which
are as follows:
 Support team services: Leeds Trinity University provides a student support team in the
college working hours so that students can clarify their queries and solve their problems
in any context that may be a hindrance to their educational growth. The student support
team provides solutions for accommodation issues, academics, well-being, stress
management, student conflicts etc. The university support team can be reached by email,
phone call or direct contacts. The team is highly supportive and it ensures that the
problems of the students are solved effectively without affecting their studies.
 Peer support champions are those people who help the students in setting up their
academic life and provide skill development opportunities throughout their academics.
They help to develop various skills like problem solving, academic writing etc. to
improve the learning environment within the campus (Corcoran, and et. al., 2018). In
Leeds Trinity University support staffs are generally recruited from the apprenticeship
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programs and after the completion of their post-graduation or during their post-graduation
courses because they better understand these students and their life.
 Well-being and health services: Within every University there is a resolution regarding
students' health and fitness. In Leeds Trinity University the students are provided with a
range of physical and mental health support services that can in hand their wellbeing and
regularity of their studies. The student health services are supported by the experience
Singh traditional with the help of regular health check-up and health campaigns in the
campus.
There are many problems that are faced by the students so they are provided with an LTU
application that has to contact the self-help groups and support services within the university on
time. Leeds Trinity University is also focusing to develop a range of self-help groups for the
students within the university as well as outside the campus so that the students can be provided
with free online support for enhancing their learning activities. It also helps the students to
maintain their overall mental health and well-being by focusing on regular campaigns for stress
management, basic health check-ups etc. University provides caring support members who
provide clinical and moral support to the students in their safe environment.
Leeds Trinity University also provides the opportunities for growth of the disabled students
so that equal opportunities for education can be provided to all. It provides support to the
students with long term medical history, especially abled, psychological health, or disorders like
attention defiance hyperactive disorder, attention spectrum disorder, communication disorder,
etc. They provide higher learning and development opportunities as well as specialised courses
and examinations for especially abled students. Moreover, the university enhances the
community learning opportunities for all the students so that they can improve learning activities
within the organisation.
The university nurtures and supports the learning and academic performance of the students
by developing their skills and knowledge. Leeds Trinity University provides special study
support and skill development programmes for the students throughout their academic sessions.
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The students are also provided with their opportunities for self-learning by providing the library
services for enhancing and improving the research and knowledge of the students throughout
their academic course. The students are supported by thousands of books that can provide
knowledge and better insight and learning about their academic courses.
I discovered that Leeds Trinity University also optimizes the campus for providing better
services to the students with physical or mobility difficulties, dyslexia, hearing impairment,
visual loss, or any other disorders so that their learning does not stop. The accommodations
within the campus are also designed to help the students in the time of any casualty like fire
outbreak, theft, etc. The university has prepared medical support; fire proof rooms, fire
extinguishers and security alarm system within the campus so that any unknown situation can be
handled easily. It provides budgeted accommodations, support service, student query redressal,
student feedback support team etc. for improving the experience of students into the university
and improving their learning or education activities. The students are also provided with this
stress management support for reducing the tensions of the students during their academic career.
I found that the institution provides highly supportive teachers and staff members for the students
to solve their problems and difficulties so that the assignments and tasks of the students can be
improved effectively and efficiently. Moreover, I was living away from my residential place and
the university support team helped me to find suitable accommodation and a part time job for
supporting me towards a self-reliant attitude. The accommodation services that were provided by
the University were very favourable and helped me to carry my educational activities smoothly
without any repercussions. It helped to provide a suitable healthy environment for learning and
supported me through my problems for academic development (Kuntz and Carter., 2019). I think
that these services within the University have helped me to live a healthy and prosperous life in
the university and played a very important part in my employment and self-growth.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that academic skills and studying with
confidence are very important for a student because it helps in their educational growth and
supports them through their employment or career. The university plays a very important role in
maintaining a healthy life and good learning environment within the campus so that skill and
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knowledge activities can be prospered. It has been understood that the support services within an
university institution can provide higher chances of growth of students in their academic and
professional career.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Cheng, L., and et. Al., 2019. Effects of the flipped classroom instructional strategy on students’
learning outcomes: A meta-analysis. Educational Technology Research and
Development, 67(4). pp.793-824.
Corcoran, R. P., and et. al., 2018. Effective universal school-based social and emotional learning
programs for improving academic achievement: A systematic review and meta-analysis
of 50 years of research. Educational Research Review, 25. pp.56-72.
Kuntz, E. M. and Carter, E. W., 2019. Review of interventions supporting secondary students
with intellectual disability in general education classes. Research and Practice for Persons
with Severe Disabilities, 44(2). pp.103-121.
Online
https://www.leedstrinity.ac.uk/student-life/
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