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Girl painting a sign Learning Skills Advisers can assist students to:

develop learning strategies that work for tertiary study
manage the process of writing essays or reports
develop and refine analytical and critical reading skills
improve exam techniques
enhance academic language and learning skills
use study time efficiently and effectively

This is done in a variety of ways:

Learning Skills Advisers will help you identify areas for improvement in your assignments, and assist you to develop strategies to improve your skills in academic literacy and learning. We may comment on the structure and form of your work, and are available to offer help in understanding, interpreting critically, and responding to an assignment task or essay topic. Advisers will suggest resources to help you study and learn independently.

Full research students should contact the Research Office for academic language and learning support.

At Learning Skills, we believe that the work you submit must be yours, so we will not correct your grammar and spelling, or suggest changes to the actual content of your work. We do not proofread.

We will not:

Edit your assignments
Correct your grammar and spelling.
Assist you with the academic content of your assignments
Estimate your final grade

We ask you to:

Be polite and courteous to our staff and others using the services
Detail your query as best you can for us
Take advantage of the full range of online resources and STUDY LINK programs available to you
Thoroughly proof read your draft assignment before you request Learning Skills assistance
Follow through on suggestions made by Learning Skills advisers
Understand that there are times of the year when there is considerable load on Learning Skills staff and make your appointments or queries as early as possible
Notify us when you are unable to attend an appointment or are likely to be late
Provide us with suitable feedback on our services in order to improve them.

Please refer to Learning Skills Policies section for further information on how we work with students.