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Our e-resources can help you develop a range of academic skills

Skills e-resources

Our online skills resources are designed to help you develop a range of academic skills including essay writing, referencing, critical reading and getting the most out of lectures.  The resources are interactive, self-paced and contain a variety of activities to support your development. They are suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate taught students.

To access our library of interactive skills modules with a University of Exeter username and password:

  1. Login to ELE. [opens in new window]
  2. Go to the Student Resources tab at the top of the screen.
  3. Select Undergraduate or Postgraduate Skills as appropriate.

Extremely useful content and printable resources... presented in a way which made the information both easy to access and to remember.

Our library of interactive online resources currently includes the following titles (if you do not have your username and password, you can still see three examples of our online materials by clicking on any of the three titles highlighted and underlined within this list):

Strategies for Reading Essay Writing  Getting the most out of lectures
Critical Reading Dissertations and Final Year Projects Time Management
Note making for Reading and Research Referencing Skills Presentation Skills
Exams and Revision Understanding Plagiarism Team Working