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Presented by: Mary McCauley and Karen McCourt Hertfordshire Business School

Desperately Seeking Skills: Online academic and Employability skills support for staff and students. Presented by: Mary McCauley and Karen McCourt Hertfordshire Business School Academic Skills Unit (ASU). Overview. What we will cover today:. 1. What is ASU?. That’s us!.

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Presented by: Mary McCauley and Karen McCourt Hertfordshire Business School

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  1. Desperately Seeking Skills: Online academic and Employability skills support for staff and students Presented by: Mary McCauley and Karen McCourt Hertfordshire Business School Academic Skills Unit (ASU)

  2. Overview What we will cover today: Academic Skills Unit (ASU)

  3. 1. What is ASU? That’s us! We cover a variety of topics including: academic expectations, writing and referencing, dissertations and projects, groupwork, presentations, international students, personal effectiveness, industry practice, numeracy and statistics, technology, and revision and exams. Academic Skills Unit (ASU) Academic Skills Unit (ASU) supports HBS students & staff with academic work. Through weekly workshops, individual/group consultation service for students, telephone and e-support. Working with staff on module specific skills issues. Assisting with academic misconduct & plagiarism issues, and much more…. See our website for further info!

  4. 2. About the Website Our previous website was confusing, hard to find, and had only 1 administrator. On the new site - Unique homepage hits: Sept ’10 to Sept ’11 = 27,900Sept ’11 to (June ’12) = 29,753 “ASU” in top 10 most searched term on StudyNet!(UH Managed Learning Environment MLE)Thanks to Paul Hudson and the StudyNet team for making ASU more visible to HBS students. The site is growing all the time… it’s constantly being updated. Academic Skills Unit (ASU)

  5. 3. Demo of the Site Academic Skills Unit (ASU) UH only access: www.studynet.herts.ac.uk/go/asu

  6. 4. Creating Material Academic Skills Unit (ASU) Creating e-resources that support all HBS students and staff. Supports UH strategic target - meeting the distance & flexible learning agenda. More Inclusive support & adds value to the student experience: meeting the needs of students with special needs & learning difficulties, different learning styles & International students. Regular consultation with HBS staff & students to create new guides, variety of workshops & develop updated grading criteria for assessments/feedback.

  7. 5. ASU in the Future • Content: • Create more e-resources. • Edit/adapt materials to suit distance/flexible learning students. • Continue to work closely with Dean L&T, HBS staff & students to address & meet their needs in academic & employability skills. • Website: • Improve the look and feel of the site. • Gain feedback from staff and students. • Incorporate appropriate technologies (including more videos and podcasts). Academic Skills Unit (ASU)

  8. Thank you! We hope we’ve given you an overview of how we work in the ASU. For More Information: Mary McCauley: m.mccauley@herts.ac.uk Karen McCourt: k.mccourt@herts.ac.uk Any Questions? Academic Skills Unit (ASU)

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