Academic support

Taught postgraduates benefit from a range of useful services to support your study.

Academic skills development

Most postgraduates find their closest contact is with departmental advisors and supervisors. Further support is also available from the Centre for the Development of Academic Skills (CeDAS), there to ensure that you can perform to the best of your ability. Our friendly Learning Developers offer a range of useful services with you in mind: • tailored sessions embedded within your academic modules to help you tackle the challenges e.g., researching for and writing a dissertation • bookable 1:1 advice on writing within your discipline, and on maths, stats and numeracy • workshops, courses and self-study resources on key academic and language skills. English Language support available ahead of your study

If English isn’t your first language and you are looking to boost your language skills prior to studying your Masters with us, we have programmes to help you adjust to studying in an unfamiliar academic setting: Our Pre-sessional English Language Programme will improve your academic English and help you gain a better understanding of the key skills you need to successfully study at Royal Holloway. For more information, please visit royalholloway.ac.uk/pelp Alternatively, our Pre-Masters Programmes, which are delivered by our partners, Study Group, help you prepare for your chosen Masters course by covering relevant subject knowledge in addition to improving your language and academic skills. For more information, please visit rhulisc.com

“As an international student, academic English was the first difficulty I had. CeDAS helped me build on my foundation and offered me opportunities to improve. At the beginning of the first term, I attended a variety of workshops, including how to structure essays, how to reference, and presentation courses. When I started my degree assignments, I booked the one-to-one tutorial to help brainstorm and format the argument. CeDAS is really beneficial to students whether local or international.”

Chen-Ju MA Marketing