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Academic Skills Centre

The Academic Skills Centre (ASC) can help you effectively transition into university study and equip you with the necessary skills to become a successful student and lifelong learner.

Who are we?

The ASC is staffed by a group of highly qualified, skilled, experienced and friendly Learning Advisers who can help with your studies.

What do we do?

As staff of the Academic Skills Centre, we can:

  • assist you with tackling assessment tasks (at Assignment Drop in Sessions);
  • help you to develop your English language (through English Language Workshops);
  • deliver academic skills training workshops in the areas of academic literacy, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (through Academic Skills Workshops); and
  • collaborate with your lecturer to make tacit assignment instructions accessible to you (within your lectures/tutorials and/or on your unit Canvas sites).

HDR Skills Centre

The HDR Communication Advisers provide a range of advice to research students across ECU in workshops and individual consultations. They can also work with supervisors to develop HDR communications skills through discipline-based workshops or in designated School HDR programs, Welcomes and Inductions. HDR Communication Advisers also develop self-access online resources to enhance HDR students’ communication skills. HDR candidates can find these on the HDR Skills Centre site on Canvas. (See My Communities; on admission to ECU, all HDR candidates are automatically given access to the HDR Research Skills Canvas site. If you need assistance with access, please email hdrca@ecu.edu.au)

HDR Communication Advisers work alongside the Graduate Research Services, collaborating closely with Research Consultants and SOAR Ambassadors, to provide an integrated support service for research candidates. Graduate Research Services can be contacted on GRS@ecu.edu.au. SOAR Ambassadors can be contacted on SOAR@ecu.edu.au.

SOAR Centres

The SOAR Centre (Support, Opportunities, Advice, Resources) is a free, peer-to-peer support service open to all ECU higher degree by research (HDR) and honours candidates, as well as ECU staff undertaking research. The SOAR Centres are staffed by SOAR Peer Advisers: HDR candidates who provide research skills support based on their own experiences as HDR research candidates peers. They are available for one-to-one appointments in-person or via teleconference and they also conduct small group workshops on a variety of topics. SOAR Peer Advisers can also direct HDR candidates to relevant ECU support staff, such as HDR communication advisers, research methodology advisers and research support coordinators, and to training, resources and other ECU services.

Located on both the Mount Lawley (ML3.118) and Joondalup (JO34.302) campuses, and open during semester or on call outside semester periods, the Centre for Learning and Teaching’s SOAR Centres provide a welcoming environment for HDR candidates to connect with their peers. You can book an appointment or find out more about the skills of the SOAR peer advisers here.

Contact us

Email: clt@ecu.edu.au

Location: ECU Joondalup Campus, Building 34, Level 5

Phone: (61 8) 6304 2554

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