Academic Language Support Service

Plan smarter. Write clearer. Score higher.

Success in higher education is not determined solely by what you know, but by how effectively you communicate your knowledge, ideas, and critical thinking. Whatever your subject, strong academic communication skills are essential — whether you are writing essays and lab reports, delivering presentations, or engaging with academic sources. You may want to strengthen your ability to integrate literature, develop a more critical approach, understand and develop from feedback, or write in a clear and appropriate academic style.

The Academic Language Support Service (ALSS) is a specialist team of teachers dedicated to helping you develop and refine these skills. Whether you are enhancing your academic English or aiming to take your work to the next level, they provide opportunities to improve and achieve your full academic potential. An athlete doesn’t train alone to be the best and neither should you.

From utilising interactive online resources to meeting with one of our academic writing specialists, there is a range of support you can access.

You can:

  • Enhance your writing and study skills with the module.
  • Attend school-specific drop-in sessions.
  • Book 1:1 .
  • Develop your skills if English is not your first language.
  • Boost your writing by accessing the module.
  • Achieve success in your academic writing tasks for STEM subjects with the module.

Doctoral Researchers

We also run a series of workshops specifically designed for Doctoral Researchers. These include: a focus on the language and communication characteristics of advanced academic writing; academic writing skills and increasing awareness of tools and techniques for effective academic communication. Sessions can be booked via the .

For more information

Follow the links above or email us for more information.