1. Don’t reinvent the wheel: resources to support the teaching of academic skills across the curriculum. Helen Howard and Michelle Schneider Skills@Library, University of Leeds

2. Outline for this session 1. Introduction and demo 2. Explore and evaluate 3. Feedback and discussion

3. Skills@Library supports student academic skills development Working with staff to embed skills in the curriculum Design / teach skills sessions with academics Provide teaching materials for anyone to use Enabling students to develop their own skills workshops one to one support online resources

4. Quick discussion points 1.What academic skills do students in your institutions need to develop ? 2.Are there skills they lack? 3.Do academics engage with academic skills development?

5. Engaging with others to develop student skills Skills@Library Lecturer webpages: A collection of academic skills teaching materials Complete workshops – powerpoints, lesson plans, activities Individual activities – face to face or online All freely available to use or adapt as needed

6. Demo of the lecturer pages

7. Lecturer Webpages: examples of use

8. Explore Follow this link to explore the pages yourself: http://library.leeds.ac.uk/skills-lecturers

9. Quick discussion points 1.Would you/have you considered making your teaching resources freely available? 2.Do you think this could raise your profile with academics, encouraging engagement? 3.Any other thoughts/comments?