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Looking to become a Skills Centre Undergraduate/Postgraduate tutor? Help develop and enhance students' study skills, writing technique, and presentation skills. Apply now before Friday the 19th of May!


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Digital Badge in Independent Thinking


Through a mix of workshops with an emphasis on group discussion and a deep reading of interdisciplinary texts, this badge seeks to help undergraduate students to transition to university study as well as develop skills and aptitudes that will prepare students for employment and civic engagement.


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The Assignment Calculator gives a clear step-by-step guide on how to approach your essays in an efficient way, which you can apply to your own work to unlock YOUR potential. Learn to break down the steps of writing an essay into achievable stages and help plan your college work in advance without feeling overwhelmed!


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The Skills Centre provides a dedicated, responsive and active learning space for the enhancement of study and writing skills. Our goal is to enhance the student experience through the provision of customised workshops, sessions and online resources. We offer a free and friendly place for all UCC students to come and improve their study skills, writing technique and presentation skills.

If I knew then what I know now - Student Blog series

Strategies for Reading English Literature
05 Apr 2021

Strategies for Reading English Literature

Whether we are returning to education after a long break, changing to a course we have an interest in but no experience of, or are coming straight from school to college, studying literature is by no means straight-forward. Whether you are a student who picked English as a last-minute choice from the pool of arts subjects or selected it out of genuine love of the subject, regardless it has a long-standing reputation as “the easy choice”. This is understandable when we consider the ways in which the leaving certificate is set out. While our teachers may have been enthusiastic and innovative, this system itself outlines exactly what answers they are looking for and the students are guided towards these literary interpretations. Ultimately, in our school days, we likely had a lot of help.  
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How to get past the first steps of writing
03 Apr 2021

How to get past the first steps of writing

My name is Triona. I am delighted to be taking part in the Skills Centre “If I knew then what I know now” initiative. This blog post is designed for all students; those transitioning into college from Secondary School, from their undergrad to a masters, those taking their first step into education as a mature student and all those returning to education after some time away!
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Making the most of your time at university
29 Mar 2021

Making the most of your time at university

My name is Loretta, and I work here in the Skills Centre as a Research Support Officer. Prior to that, I did my BA in New York, my MA in Limerick and my PhD in Film and Screen Media here at UCC, so I’ve been in the university environment for a while now! Thinking back on my experiences as we are about to start a new academic year, I want to share some of my thoughts on the value of your time at university, and making the most of it, as part of the Skills Centre’s “If I knew then what I know now”  series. I’ll break this into a few key pieces of advice below. 
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File Management, File Management, File Management…and scheduling.
22 Mar 2021

File Management, File Management, File Management…and scheduling.

Hi, my name is Conor, and I am a second year PhD student in UCC’s economics department. If I knew then, what I know now is a platform which allows us postgraduate students to pass down the knowledge we have acquired during our time in UCC, with hopes of making your transition into third level education as smooth as possible. While incoming first years will undoubtedly benefit most from this type of blog, I guarantee even final year students will learn something from at least one of these (past or future) blog posts. 
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