Support for academic skills development at UCL
At UCL, we have specialist teams to help you develop your academic skills to support your success throughout your studies, and to prepare you for professional and research challenges beyond university.
UCL Academic Communication Centre
Whether you are working on your writing, reading, speaking, or research skills, we offer tutorials, webinars, workshops, and courses to enhance your academic language and literacies.
Digital Skills Development
Learning opportunities in data analysis, Office 365, programming, multimedia and more. This includes instructor-led training, self-paced resources and one-to-one support.
Library Skills
Guides, training and support to enable you to develop your information literacy and library research skills, and to make effective use of UCL's libraries and resources.
Personal Academic Tutoring
Your Personal Academic Tutor will help you to get the most out of your studies, provide support and encouragement during your time at university, and help you navigate the support services if needed.
ExtendED Learning
Push your thinking, grow your networks and sharpen your skills through hands-on learning opportunities in Term 3. Open to all UG and Master's students.
17 May - 11 June 2027
Discover online learning and support
LinkedIn Learning
Develop critical skills for your studies and future career. Over 22,000 high-quality, expert-led courses in AI, coding, data analysis, graphic design, leadership, project management and much more.
Studiosity
A tool that can give you feedback to help improve the structure, language, spelling and grammar, and use of sources in your writing. The service is available to you 24/7.
Explore fundamental topics
Academic Integrity
Find out about academic integrity, why it is important, and what happens if you breach it.
Generative AI
Find out more about GenAI and how you can engage with it in your learning and assessment.
Support throughout your learner journey
Doctoral Skills Development Programme
Opportunities for doctoral researchers to develop their research and professional skills through short courses, workshops and online resources.
UCL support for dissertations and research projects
Find support from across UCL to help you through each stage of the process, including literature searching, evaluating information, writing, referencing, and working with data.
