Meet the teams
Learning Development team
We offer services and resources to support the development of academic and digital literacies for undergraduate and taught postgraduate students.
Our service
The Learning Development team provides the Skills@Library service for taught students at the University of Leeds. Based in the Laidlaw Library, the team offers a range of ways to improve academic, digital, maths and statistics skills through online resources, workshops and one-to-one support. The service operates throughout the academic year.
The team also works with academic and teaching staff to provide embedded, in-curriculum academic, digital, maths and statistics skills support. This includes providing lectures and workshops to support particular programmes of study, as well as designing learning opportunities with schools and faculties.
See a sample of the services and support Skills@Library offer students and staff.
How we can help
The Skills@Library service is offered to undergraduates and taught postgraduates (Masters courses). The support topics cover:
- Academic skills, including delivering presentations, revision, searching for the right information, critical thinking, academic writing, note taking, gathering, interpreting and presenting statistical data, and maths.
- Digital skills and capabilities, including podcasting and video creation, data and media literacies, understanding Generative AI and using university systems and apps.
Contact the Learning Development team to make an appointment, book onto a workshop, send feedback or to make an enquiry.
Our Team
Our advisors run our co-curricular Skills@Library offer and work with specific schools and faculties to embed academic and digital skills into the curriculum. Click on a team member’s name to see their professional profile and contact details.
- Biological Sciences
Learning Advisors: Rachel Myers and Clara Hiskey
Digital Learning Advisor: Haworth Towler - Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
Learning Advisor: Leigh Morland
Digital Learning Advisor: Anthony Warde - Computing, Engineering (Chemical, Civil & Electrical), Southwest Jiaotong University
Learning Advisor: Anika Easy
Digital Learning Advisor: Anthony Warde - Dentistry, Healthcare, Psychology
Learning Advisor: Simon Robinson
Digital Learning Advisor: Haworth Towler - Design, Fine Art, Media & Comms, Music
Learning Advisor: Michelle Schneider
Digital Learning Advisor: Liev Cherry - Earth & Environment, Food Science, Geography, Transport Studies
Learning Advisor: Kasia Drozdziak
Digital Learning Advisor: Anthony Warde - Education, POLIS
Learning Advisor: Rumana Hossain
Digital Learning Advisor: Haworth Towler - English, History, Medieval Studies, PRHS, IDEA, PCI
Learning Advisor: Kate Cameron
Digital Learning Advisor: Liev Cherry - Languages, Cultures & Societies
Learning Advisor: Oliver Neto
Digital Learning Advisor: Liev Cherry - Law, Sociology
Learning Advisor: Angela Newton
Digital Learning Advisor: Haworth Towler - LUBS
Learning Advisor: Amy Allhouse
Digital Learning Advisors: Anthony Warde and Haworth Towler - Mechanical Engineering
Learning Advisor: Clara Hiskey
Digital Learning Advisor: Anthony Warde - Medicine
Learning Advisor: Emily Haikney
Digital Learning Advisor: Haworth Towler
Our Mathematics and Statistics Support Advisors
- Mathematics
Anja Komatar - Statistics
Eleanor Booth: Email E.Booth@leeds.ac.uk
Our Libraries Makerspace Specialist
Our Service Leads
Maddy Mossman, Head of Learning Development (Academic Literacies)
Dan Pullinger, Head of Learning Development (Digital & Co-Curricular)