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The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
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Internet Explorer

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Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

Library & Learning Services

Develop your academic skills

There are many different ways to develop the academic skills you need to succeed at University:

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Library and Learning Services

Published on 31 Jul 2025

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If you've not already done so, enrol on one of our Academic Skills modules in MyBeckett to get started. There are versions for each year of study at University as well as a dedicated module for International Students and a tutorial on Academic honesty covering referencing, plagiarism and the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence tools.

You can also check out our Skills for Learning website which contains advice, resources and activities on the academic skills you'll need throughout your studies.

Our Library Academic Support Team have a series of online workshop recordings you can watch to develop your academic skills. We also host Study Cafes and online drop-ins. You can book onto these via MyHub.

Each subject at University has a dedicated subject page where the Library consolidates specific resources for your course and provide guidance on finding information. You can find contact details for your Academic Librarian on these pages and book one-to-one appointments if you need further support.

Originally published October 2020; updated February 2021 ; updated October 2023 ; updated October 2024 ; updated July 2025