Study skills 1:1 appointments

What to expect from a 1:1 appointment

Study skills appointments can help you improve your study skills strategies and academic techniques, and through the development of these skills, get more out of your course at university.

You get the opportunity to have a 30-minute 1:1 discussion with a specialist study skills tutor about your university study, assessment, or learning processes.

Tutors cannot correct your work, proofread, or make decisions for you, but they will help you understand what you need to know to do this confidently yourself in the future. They can also point you in the direction of relevant additional resources and opportunities from services across the University.

Content covered

Some of the topics you may want to talk about include:

• Planning and getting started on an essay, lab/project report or dissertation
• Managing your workload and beating procrastination
• Effective reading and note-taking techniques
• Exam revision strategies and exam techniques
• The planning and writing processes of conducting research
• Working effectively with a project or dissertation supervisor, or your academic tutor

Study skills appointments can't cover:

• Proofreading, or revising draft pieces of work
• Subject-specific issues - the advice given can't relate to specific content (i.e. that of your discipline)
• Referencing - the use of in-text citations and reference lists in the appropriate style is supported by the University Library, who have a range of referencing online resources and digital tutorials

Before your 1:1 appointment

To use the time effectively, have a think beforehand about how your studies are going, and what you would like to discuss.

You are welcome to bring a piece of marked work so that the tutor can see the feedback you have been given and discuss how you might change your approach in the future. 

Tutors are unable to consider examples of your work in advance of the meeting, but letting us know broadly what you want to discuss on the booking form helps us get to the key discussion points quickly.

How to book a 1:1 appointment

Appointments become available two weeks in advance. Select any highlighted time to make a booking. You may need to scroll down or across to see all available appointments. Clicking the Next button will show the next week's availability.

Book a 1:1 appointment

Bookings by other students may be cancelled, freeing up slots, so keep checking the calendar if you are available at short notice.  Please cancel an appointment as soon as possible if you no longer need it, so that someone else can book it.

Note that due to high demand, you may attend one appointment per week. For hybrid appointments, please choose whether to attend online or in-person on the booking form. 

If you cannot find a suitable appointment, or if all available appointments are booked, you can join the Study Skills 1:1 Appointment Waiting List to receive emails when new appointments are available.

Attending an appointment

In-person

In-person 1:1 appointments are held at
301 Glossop Road
Sheffield
S10 2HL

Please aim to arrive five minutes before the start of your appointment and speak to our reception team.

For further information about our building please look at the 301 Glossop Road building guide.

Online

If you have requested an online appointment, your 1:1 will be held via Google Meet.

The Google Meet invite will be emailed to your student account no more than five minutes later than the scheduled start time of your appointment. After five minutes have passed, please contact us and we will help you get connected.

Contact us

If you have any questions about the study skills 1:1 appointments, or if you haven't received an invite for an online appointment after five minutes, you can get in touch with us at studyskills@sheffield.ac.uk.