Resources to help you achieve your academic goals
Student Success provides you with the course-specific, study skills, and writing support you need to help you realize and achieve your academic goals – whether it be to raise your GPA, strengthen your study skills, or put yourself out there.
Through one-on-one appointments, workshops, and drop-in sessions, these multicampus programs are designed to enhance your academic experience.
To ensure you start the term strong, check out the resources offered to help you achieve your goals.
All appointments and workshops will be available for booking and registering by the first day of classes. Be sure to check back for updated program offerings!
Course-Specific Support
Whether you’re taking classes with quantitative course material or common 100-level courses, the Course Support team is busy making sure that you have all the support needed to be successful with hands-on support. Every week, their schedule is jampacked with numerous drop-in help, directed homework, problem, and review sessions, in addition to the one-on-one appointment option.
Math and Stats Drop-In Sessions
Having trouble with a math problem? Need help with that stats formula? Feel free to drop by with your questions and have them answered by a math tutor right on the spot in our informal, peer-to-peer learning environment.
Math and Stats One-on-One Consultation
If you’re looking for some extra help, you’re welcome to book a 30-minute consultation appointment with professional staff to discuss learning strategies and/or course content.
Math and Stats Homework and Problem Sessions
To get in the habit of doing your homework and practice good learning strategies, we encourage you to attend our weekly Directed Homework Sessions and Problem Sessions offered for a select number of first- and second-year courses.
These sessions incorporate cumulative review, study techniques and time to work on current homework problems to help keep you on track and ensure that you understand the concepts as they are taught.
Visit the Student Success Portal to register for a workshop or book an appointment with a math and statistics staff member. Check out the Math and Stats MyLearningSpace course page for more information.
Study Skills Support
Developing strong skills and leveraging learning strategies are crucial to your academic success as a student. Our study skills teams are here to help you upgrade your study skills, stay on track and avoid procrastination when the term gets busy through one-on-one appointments, study skills workshops, and online resources.
One-on-One Appointments
Our professional staff and trained peer mentors can help you improve your time management and study skills through one-on-one appointments.
Topics of discussion may include: a review of textbook reading strategies, effective notetaking, test preparation and study strategies, etc.
ASk Certificate Workshops
The Academic Skills (ASk) Certificate is a collection of workshops and study skills appointments geared towards your academic success. To earn your ASk Certificate you must complete six ASk activities – a combination of study skills appointments and at least five different workshops within one semester.
Workshops are focussed on a variety of academic success topics and more. Registration is required.
Online Resources
Check out the Resources webpage for a variety of downloadable resources and videos to help you study smarter and stay organized!
Visit the Student Success Portal to register for a workshop or book an appointment with a learning consultant.
Writing Support
From start to finish, the writing services team is here to support you through your course writing assignments. Through one-on-one appointments, workshops on special writing topics and comprehensive resources, you can become a better writer and editor of your own writing.
One-on-One Appointments
Whether you have a draft, or if you just want to discuss your writing or ideas in depth, we encourage you to book a 50-minute online consultation. Use these appointments to help get you started, get feedback before submitting an assignment, or review a past writing assignment to grow as a writer.
Workshops
Learn how to craft a strong academic paper. Our writing team leads workshops on a variety of special writing topics with content ranging from grammar to thesis statements. Attending a writing workshop will help you bring your academic papers up to the next level. Registration is required.
Online Resources
From citation and documentation style guides to how to structure an academic paper, our online resources developed by the writing team are sure to help you throughout your writing process!
Writing with Inclusive Language Module
This module can be found under Self-Registration on MyLearningSpace and was co-created by Writing Services, ACL, EDI, Human Rights and Responsibility, and Indigenous Student Success. The Module uses online interactive learning activities to help writers learn how to use inclusive language when writing about Disability; Race, Ethnicity, and Culture; Indigenous Peoples; and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.
Visit the Student Success Portal to register for a workshop or book an appointment with a writing consultant.
Indigenous Student Academic Success Programs
Indigenous students can find culturally relevant academic programming and support at the Indigenous Student Centres (ISC) on both our Brantford (111 Darling St.) and Waterloo (157 Albert St.) campuses.
One-on-One Appointments
Connect with our Learning Consultant – Indigenous Academic Success Programs to improve your time management and study skills through one-on-one appointments.
Stay Connected!
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If you have any questions, we encourage you to reach out to our team by emailing studentsuccess@wlu.ca.