School of Mathematical Sciences UG Student Handbook 2024/25

Academic Skills Enhancement (ASE)

The Academic Skills Enhancement (ASE) service works in a number of ways with taught students at any level, undergraduate or postgraduate, from any subject discipline, to develop the skills and practices needed to become more effective in their academic work and excel at university.

 

Areas covered include: writing for academic purposes, effective reading and note-making, presentation skills, time-management, critical thinking, understanding marking criteria, using feedback, revision and exam preparation and avoiding plagiarism.  We also support the work of student mentors through providing resources and training to support peer and social learning.

 

Academic Skills Tutors offer support and developmental opportunities in the form of one-to-one tutorials, workshops, drop-ins, and self-access resources. In addition, we host  Royal Literary Fund (RLF) Fellows who offer writing advice to both taught and research students.

 

Academic Skills Enhancement (ASE) are part of the Library Teaching and Learning Service and are based on the Mile End Campus and online.  For more information on the services and resources available, and how to access them, visit https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/ .

Library

The Library Services department at Queen Mary provides staff, study environments and resources to support your learning during your time at university, both online and on campus.

• Getting help - we answer questions over webchat, email and at service points. Please do not hesitate to contact us.
• Developing your skills - we have a team dedicated to helping you with the transition to university level study. We offer individual appointments and workshops throughout the year.
• Study environments - we have three libraries, across our London campuses, at Mile End, Whitechapel and West Smithfield, each with a character and ambience of their own. These are supplemented by additional study spaces across the campuses.
• Information resources - we provide a rich, multi-disciplinary collection of books, articles and other resources in electronic and physical formats.

You will find up to date details of all library services on the website https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library

Archives & Special Collections

 

Archives & Special Collections manages institutional and personal archives dating from the 18th Century to the present day, as well as collections of rare or special materials.

Visits to the Archives Reading Room in the Mile End Library, are by appointment in advance. The Archives Reading Room provides silent individual study space in which to access and research using these collections.  For more information, see http://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/archives.

 

Senate House Library

As a student at Queen Mary, you also have full access to the study space and collections at Senate House Library in Bloomsbury. For more information see https://london.ac.uk/senate-house-library.

 

Contacts for Library Services

General:

Email: library@qmul.ac.uk 

Webchat: https://qmul.libanswers.com/

Telephone: 020 7882 8800

Academic Skills and Subject Support:

Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/academic-skills/

Website: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/library/subject-guides/