{"id":662,"date":"2021-10-12T10:19:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T09:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2021-10-12T13:56:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T12:56:26","slug":"academic-support-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/kcg-ad-valvas\/academic-support-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Support &amp; Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #000080\">Improve your academic skills!<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2021\/course\/view.php?id=3133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">The SSPSSR Write Right Programme<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2021\/course\/view.php?id=3133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WriteRight! Programme<\/a> is an SSPSSR module comprising of skills workshops to help improve students\u2019 writing and academic ability.<\/li>\n<li>Write<em>Right<\/em>! is a non-credit academic skills programme designed to help you throughout your degree.<\/li>\n<li>The programme includes weekly online workshops (run by Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/social-policy-sociology-social-research\/people\/1468\/strangleman-tim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Strangleman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/social-policy-sociology-social-research\/people\/1575\/fitton-triona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Triona Fitton<\/a>) in addition to the materials provided on<a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2021\/course\/view.php?id=3133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> the Moodle page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It runs during termtime on <strong>Wednesdays<\/strong> at 1pm, via Teams.<\/li>\n<li>View the WSHOPWRIT <a href=\"https:\/\/moodle.kent.ac.uk\/2021\/course\/view.php?id=3133\">Moodle Page<\/a> for information about the termly timetable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/learning\/school-support\/apm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic peer mentoring<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The University offers academic peer mentoring.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/learning\/school-support\/apm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Peer Mentoring (APM)<\/a> partners experienced students with newer students to support their learning in specific modules.<\/li>\n<li>APM is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/studentsuccess\/\">success strategy<\/a> which helps students to make the most of their studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/learning\/\">The Student Learning Advisory Service (SLAS)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Students can obtain academic skills development from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/learning\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Learning Advisory Service.<\/a>\u00a0They provide appointments and workshops (online and face-to-face) to help with:\n<ul>\n<li>referencing<\/li>\n<li>approaching and structuring assignments<\/li>\n<li>time management<\/li>\n<li>and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">English Language and Academic Skills Modules<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Students can improve their English academic reading and writing by participating either in in-sessional elective modules or online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/international-programmes\/english-and-academic-skills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English Language and Academic Skills modules.<\/a><br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><em><span style=\"color: #333399\">Additional Support<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Download (free) essential software for assignments<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Students can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/software\/microsoft-office-365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Office for free<\/a> and they can find more information on how to download the software <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/software\/microsoft-office-365\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\"><u>How do I get employment advice?<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li>Students can contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/\">Careers and Employability service<\/a> for careers advice and information on job hunting and interviews.<\/li>\n<li>There is an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/ces\/student\/cvs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> automatic CV checking service.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Read more about <a style=\"color: #339966\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/support-appeals-and-complaints\/\">mitigations and extensions<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/kcg-ad-valvas\/\"><span style=\"color: #999999\"><em>Back<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improve your academic skills! &nbsp; The SSPSSR Write Right Programme The WriteRight! Programme is an SSPSSR module comprising of skills workshops to help improve students\u2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/kcg-ad-valvas\/academic-support-development\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54808,"featured_media":0,"parent":657,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54808"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":743,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions\/743"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/criminology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}