Enhance your learning
Develop your skills throughout your degree, and use our tips below to get the most out of your studies.
Working in groups
How to work as a team and plan ahead to give your group the best chance to succeed.
Speaking skills and presentations
Discover our tips for presentation assessments and explore some of the things you could say.
Mind mapping
Mind maps can help you to organise your ideas, plan your assessments and communicate visually.
Improve your assessments
Written assignments
Use our resources to develop your writing style, assignment structure and understanding of key words.
Research, reading, referencing and citation
Discover how to reference others and use quotations correctly in your assignments.
Revision and exams
Improve your revision techniques and develop your learning style.
Get further help
Contact the Academic Skills team
The Academic Skills team can help with developing your writing, managing assessments, and approaching academic tasks.
You can contact the team from Monday to Thursday 8.30am–5.00pm and Friday 8.30am–4.00pm.
You can book a tutorial by contacting academicskills@port.ac.uk or phone 023 92843462. In-person tutorials are also available by arrangement.