{"id":1177,"date":"2014-10-28T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T08:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2015-08-11T11:10:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T10:10:48","slug":"skills-at-your-fingertips-skillshub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/2014\/10\/28\/skills-at-your-fingertips-skillshub\/","title":{"rendered":"Skills at your fingertips: Skills Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for skills support at Sussex?\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1178\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image.jpg\" alt=\"Skills Hub image\" width=\"415\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image.jpg 468w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image-100x54.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image-200x108.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Skills-Hub-image-450x245.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><\/b>Staff and students at the University of Sussex now have access to a one stop shop for study and support needs in one easy to find, online location.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the type of resource or guidance required, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/\">Skills Hub<\/a> is the place to go, or to refer your students, to\u00a0discover the range\u00a0of\u00a0support available for Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate students. For Doctoral Research students, please see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/doctoralschool\/internal\/researcherdev\/\">Researcher Development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The services in Skills Hub are not new. They are, however, newly put together to make it easier for everyone to find the service or support that they need.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3><b>A holistic hub<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Imagine that you or one of your students has exams approaching. The sort of help required might include revision techniques, tips on time management, or advice on how to keep calm.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of searching a number of different sites, you can happily click through, or refer your student, to just one place, Skills Hub.<\/p>\n<p>In the Skills Hub <b><a title=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/exams\" target=\"_blank\">Exams and Assessments<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>section, you&#8217;ll find a holistic approach to tackling exams.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0section that offers resources for revision strategies, you&#8217;ll also find \u00a0therapeutic events and workshops offered by the Counselling service.<strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other resources and events you&#8217;ll find in the hub,\u00a0for example, include;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/studentsupport\/learningdifficulties\/workshops\">Exams: How to cope<\/a>\u00a0a workshop by the Student Support Unit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/s3\/?id=103\">One-to-one advice<\/a> from a Study Skills Adviser (<i>scroll to the bottom of the page<\/i>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/s3\/?id=103\">Revision workshops<\/a> for all undergraduate years, as well as MA and PhD students<\/li>\n<li>Stress workshops from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/counselling\/newsandevents\">Counselling service<\/a><\/li>\n<li>S3: Study Success at Sussex. If you haven\u2019t yet had a look at S3 yet then visit now. There\u2019s extensive help on a wide range of \u00a0topics in a mix of \u00a0formats; written, video and audio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each activity, resource or workshop listed within\u00a0each section\u00a0can be easily identified using a\u00a0handy, easy to reference key.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Key-to-skills-snip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1220\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Key-to-skills-snip.jpg\" alt=\"Key to skills snip\" width=\"233\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Key-to-skills-snip.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Key-to-skills-snip-100x119.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Key-to-skills-snip-150x179.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Key-to-skills-snip-200x239.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Skills Hub is not just about preparing for exams. It\u2019s also home to resources on\u00a0<a title=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/writing\" target=\"_blank\">Writing and referencing<\/a>, <a title=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/research\" target=\"_blank\">Library and research<\/a>, <a title=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/it\" target=\"_blank\">IT skills<\/a>, <a title=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/employability\" target=\"_blank\">Employability<\/a> and <a title=\"Link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/personaldevelopment\" target=\"_blank\">Personal development<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1179\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2.jpg\" alt=\"skillshub2\" width=\"699\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2.jpg 699w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2-100x46.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2-200x92.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2-450x208.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/skillshub2-600x278.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Personal development can include anything from preparing for presentations to the life-long tricky business of managing money. In the <b>Getting Organised<\/b> section you\u2019ll find a link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/learningtechnologies\/apps\">TEL \u00a0A-Z of apps<\/a>\u00a0which includes\u00a0a range of mobile\u00a0apps which may help to manage\u00a0student learning.<\/p>\n<h3><b>What\u2019s happening on Skills Hub? <\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Skills Hub now has its own <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/events\">broadcast channel<\/a> which promotes all of the events including;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S3 Study Success at Sussex,<\/li>\n<li>Student Support Unit,<\/li>\n<li>Royal Literary Fund Fellows,<\/li>\n<li>University Counselling Services,<\/li>\n<li>Student Life Centre, Careers and Employability Centre,<\/li>\n<li>The Library, IT services,<\/li>\n<li>Sussex Centre for Language Studies,<\/li>\n<li>Sussex Students Union.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_1184\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1184\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1184 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"Events\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events-100x72.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events-200x145.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events-450x326.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events-600x435.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/tel\/files\/2014\/10\/Events.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skills Hub broadcast channel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Skills Hub is a recent\u00a0innovation created jointly by the Library and the Careers and Employability Centre (CEC). TEL will be looking to contribute to the hub in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of the Skills Hub? Your opinion matters and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sussex.ac.uk\/skillshub\/feedback\">give feedback<\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for skills support at Sussex?\u00a0Staff and students at the University of Sussex now have access to a one stop shop for study and support needs in one easy to find, online location. 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