Why go to Academic Support?

Sarah Macdonald from Academic Support (AS) explains the benefits of AS.

From foundation to PhD level, all students are welcome at Academic Support. But what is the experience like and how can it enhance your learning? We asked students and alumni to tell us what they had gained from Academic Support. In their illuminating responses below they mention: motivation, structure, confidence-building, inspiration, creativity and direction.

Ankita Anand graduated in 2018 with a BA in Illustration and Visual Media. She has just completed a Masters in Computational Arts from Goldsmiths and is currently (due to the virus) doing freelance graphic design & web development.

Being an international student, I am comfortable using the English language, however Academic Support lessons helped me structure my dissertation and find key academic terms to some topics I wished to discuss. It was not always possible to have one-to-one lessons during my classes but having a personal tutorial every week gave me a good direction and personal motivation to keep on improving my written piece. I would highly recommend using Academic Support. The tutorials give personalised feedback which is important in improving academic skills especially for rather daunting dissertations.

Dan will graduate from the MA Design Management and Cultures in 2021 and hopes to find a job related to his field of study.

Academic Support helps with clarifying your ideas when you are writing an assignment. It helps you to understand deeply what the UAL assessment criteria are in every brief by analysing what needs to be answered. Another important way it helps is in how to structure your research papers. Academic Support Lecturers have expert knowledge in decoding briefs and structuring essays, reports, proposals and so on. The workshops are very insightful because they tend to be about things that are happening now and can inspire you to find a topic, as well as teaching in depth subjects that you wouldn’t have the time to explore in class.

Academic Support is 100% committed to enhancing your learning. Our one-to-one tutorials and academic skills workshops are open to all students and are currently online. You can find out more and students can book a session at: https://academicsupportonline.arts.ac.uk 

We understand that learning online can present different challenges and might not be practical for everyone. If you have concerns or would like to discuss other options, please email: academicsupport@lcc.arts.ac.uk