Annual Report 2022–23

We co-design and co-deliver blended learning within the curriculum to support academic and digital literacies development, alongside workshops and opportunities for one-to-one support (Strategic priority 8):

• 32,479 students received academic skills teaching
• 652 skills development sessions embedded in the curriculum
• 6,933 student academic and digital skills enquiries answered.

Personal consultations

• 89% increase Maths and statistics (437).
• 17% increase Academic skills (1,131).
• 72 Writing Space sessions run with student peer mentors between Jan and Dec 2023​​​​​.

100% of surveyed students said they learned something and would recommend the Writing Space to friends!

• Over 3 million visits to academic skills online resources and webpages.
• Helping 559 students meet their greatest academic challenge with our undergraduate and taught postgraduate Dissertation Conferences.

Making space for creativity and experimentation (Strategic priority 14)

The Library Makerspace opened, providing access to a wide range of professional equipment, IT and software for creative projects of all kinds in a supported and experimental environment:

• 2,235 visits since May 2023 launch
• Diverse range of faculties supported 
• 480 users from Engineering and Physical Sciences
• 152 users from Arts Culture and Humanities 
• 123 users from Social Sciences.

Must-read materials make learning possible 

Reading list materials empower students to explore, think critically and excel academically. We provide 88% of citations on reading lists for students – online, digitised and printed.