Your Student Support Network

Your academic adviser will teach on your course and is there to support your academic development and will provide advice on how to get the most out of your learning experience at Leeds Beckett.

Our university promotes academic integrity and educates students about good academic practice throughout their time at Leeds Beckett University. We will investigate students who are suspected to have fallen short of good academic practice and will provide learning opportunities to enable students to avoid future breaches of the academic integrity regulations.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools can enrich your learning experience, provided you are using them ethically and responsibly to enhance (and not replace) your learning. You should check if there are any prohibitions in your course and module information around use of AI tools and ensure that you adhere to our university’s regulations for academic integrity and the use of generative artificial intelligence.

You must acknowledge all use of AI in your work and ensure that you reference it correctly in your assessments. Further information about Artificial Intelligence can be found in MyBeckett and on the Library webpage for Artificial Intelligence.

Your course administrator is your key contact at university. Their purpose is to ensure that you have the smoothest possible student experience whilst studying with us. If you have a question about your course or if you experience any problems, your Course Administrator is a great person to ask first.

Your course handbook is where you can find vital information about submitting assignments, mitigation and a range of other important issues.

Course representatives are student volunteers who represent your views at course-level, at School Forums and in meetings with academic and administrative staff.

Discover is your academic search engine, which searches resources available from Leeds Beckett Library. These include books and most electronic journals and databases. Discover is a great place to start your research.

QuickScan is a short questionnaire which will help you find out your learning style, your need for study skills support and any indications of dyslexia or dyspraxia. It takes approximately 20 minutes to complete. A full report will be generated when the test is complete.

You can find more information and support on the Library webpages.

The Library supports your studies both on and off campus. Our website has links to thousands of electronic resources plus advice and support and our Skills for Learning team will help you develop your academic skills. If you've not already done so please take a look at the Study Smart modules for new and returning students which can be accessed via MyBeckett.

The university recognises that, from time to time, students may encounter issues which may prevent them from being able to submit or take assessment. Where this is the case, students can submit their 'extenuating circumstances' for consideration.

We at Leeds Beckett University are committed to ensuring that our students receive the highest quality experience whilst studying here and our university takes deliberate steps to engage all students, individually and collectively, as partners in the quality assurance and enhancement of their educational experience (see our Academic Regulations section 3.2).

Through module evaluation, we aim to:

• Gather feedback from students on their experience of the modules on their course
• Identify areas for improvement
• Identify examples of excellent practice.

You can access your reading lists via your MyBeckett modules. They direct you to the essential reading for your course and let you check live availability of material, personalise and export them.

Get help from the library with academic referencing and citing effectively in your academic writing, as well as learning what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.

The Skills for Learning team provide resources to support the development of academic skills via online workshops and appointments, MyBeckett modules, web resources and podcasts. 

Academic skills include the use of IT, numeracy, academic literacy, problem solving, critical thinking, working with others and research skills.

When you've enrolled as a student self-enrol on the Study Smart module on MyBeckett which will tell you more about what it's like to study at university and find out more about library and IT support. 

Use the subject guides to find specialist resources for your course and for support in finding and using information for your assignments.