The Global Skills Development (GSD) caters to all students across the Business School focusing mainly on academic and professional writing, presenting and team working skills. The provision involves lecture-size and small-group workshops, one-to-one support, and online delivery.
GSD supports students’ success both on their academic programme and with their careers objectives by providing a range of communication, language and study skills advice and teaching across the Business School.
Our provision is year-round, face-to-face, and online. It includes:
- workshops on teams working, including cross-cultural competence
- 1-to-1 English language support for academic purposes
- programme specific report writing and presentation workshops
- 1-to-1 study skills and exam preparation consultations
- presentation rehearsals for assessed module assignments
- language checks for CV and cover letters and interview preparation
- online study skills modules available on the Hub

Dr James McCloskey
Lead Consultant, Global Skills Development

Martin Lisboa
Consultant, Global Skills Development