Skills you need to succeed

Thoroughout your time at university you will not simply be acquiring new skills and knowledge in your chosen subject but at each stage you will need to develop various supporting skills. These may be information retrieval, evaluation and usage skills, or study skills (also, referred to as key skills or transferable skills). These skills will not only help you achieve better grades, but will be the kinds of things employers look for in graduates.

Skills topics

The Library offers a range of support for study and information skills including workshops, advice sheets, planning sheets and books. Use these pages to find help and to discover workshops on the following topics:

View all advice sheets | View all planning sheets

The Library is just one source of skills support here at Loughborough University. There are a number of services available at Loughbrough from which you can seek further help and skills support.


Contact us

Library Information Literacy Coordinator

Ruth Stubbings

Library Study Skills Coordinators

Lizzie Gadd
Steph McKeating