As well as our WinterFest Live Events, we have plenty of information and activities available online and accessible 24/7, ready to help you with your studies whenever you need it.
Our Skills for Uni, Skills for Life web page has plenty of tips and advice about ways to help with online learning. We also have a LevelUp Course to help with your digital skills.
LevelUp your Academic Skills
Our LevelUp courses are designed to help your take control of your learning and develop the academic skills you need to succeed. LevelUp Plus builds on the LevelUp courses for new students. It is an online taught academic skills course with weekly sessions on library skills, study skills and digital skills.
Select your study level below to get started.
- New Foundation, Extended or Apprenticeship Students
- New Undergraduate Students
- Continuing Students - LevelUp Plus also for New Students who have completed LevelUp.
Assess and Develop your Digital Skills
At university you will use digital tools to access information, learn and collaborate with others in online and digital spaces. Our Developing your Digital Capabilities course is designed for you to work through at your own pace and will give you opportunities to reflect on the ways in which you can develop the essential digital capabilities you need for university study and beyond.
You can also test your digital capabilities with the JISC Discovery Tool, which will assess your capabilities and provide you with a personalised report with suggested next steps and links to free resources that can help them develop further.
WinterFest Support
Our WinterFest pages have a range of resources, information and even some fun activities to do whenever the mood takes you.
Academic Support advice, including Exam advice and video highlights from our summer GREFest-ival of online learning.
Winter Wellbeing - Our wellbeing page is here to support you with wellbeing advice and support and tips on how to cope with the winter blues.
All work and no play? - It might get dark at 4pm but we have plenty of activities to keep you busy, our “Festival Fun” page is full of entertaining links, puzzles and recordings.
And don’t forget, our Academic Support Team are available to help you with all your study needs.
