Learning & Development
Clerkenwell and Moorgate Campus
English for Academic Purposes
English for Academic Purposes (EAP) is academic writing and English language support. The support is available to all City St George’s students but will be especially useful for international students and students whose first language is not English.
You can sign up for courses and one-to-one meetings. All courses are free and not assessed.
The Academic Writing Course
This seven-week course runs in autumn term and is repeated in spring term. The course is offered online and face-to-face.
The main focus is essay writing, but the content will be useful for all types of academic work including reports and research papers. It includes writing exercises and will help you to:
- plan and structure your writing
- use sources effectively
- develop an appropriate academic style
- write effective sentences and paragraphs
- edit your work
One-to-one tutorials
These 50-minute online tutorials are available throughout the academic year.
We do not offer a proofreading service, but we can look at work before you submit it, help you to identify language errors and indicate areas for improvement. We can also comment on areas such as structure, overall clarity and use of sources. We will not comment on content.
Moodle
Join the English for Academic Purposes Moodle page for English language and academic writing links.
The English for Academic Purposes Coordinator
Simon Cuddihy (BA, MA, Delta) is the English for Academic Purposes Coordinator.
He has an MA in English Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics (King's College) and the Cambridge Delta (Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
Before joining City St George’s, Simon was a Coordinating Language Teacher at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he taught on academic writing and English for business courses.
If you have any questions, contact Simon Cuddihy
Tooting Campus
Learning Development and StudyPlus: Information for staff
About
Our team of learning development lecturers work with both students and teaching staff to support students' learning within their program, helping them identify their development needs and the best ways to address them. We believe the adjustment to new levels of study and the development of personalised learning skills are crucial to the success of all students in higher education
Apart from providing consultancy and support to teaching staff on developing students’ learning, we also manage the student-facing part of CIDE, known as StudyPlus or the Academic Success Centre. From 2024 onwards, we are using ‘StudyPlus’ to refer to all our student-facing activities to provide greater clarity for students.
Our services
Staff consultancy
We provide academic staff development and curriculum development advice for new and existing courses, with a particular focus on how to design in/integrate support for academic study and writing within a programme. We are always happy to discuss queries related to inclusive teaching, assessment and feedback literacy, or developing students’ learning, via email or in person with individual staff or programme teams.
StudyPlus appointments (the Academic Success Centre)
We offer one-to-one appointments with students, in person or online, throughout the year. These cover a range of topics, most commonly effective study and revision, academic writing and working with feedback. All students can book up to three appointments per year (with at least two weeks between appointments), although for students in particular need this may be increased at our discretion.
StudyPlus Canvas Resources
We also run the Study+ Canvas module, with self-access study resources on a range of topics. The most popular of these include learning effectively from lectures, academic writing and referencing. Students on all courses are enrolled automatically when they log onto Canvas, and content is generic to be applicable to all. If you have feedback on this content or ideas for new things we should include please contact us.
Programme teaching
We offer sessions supporting students with the transition to new levels of study, and preparing for written assessments, across most undergraduate and many postgraduate programmes. These sessions are co-designed and co-delivered with programme teams, and are tailored to the specific requirements of your cohort and curriculum. Get in touch if you would like to discuss introducing new or additional sessions within your programme.
Who we are
- Dr Rosie MacLachlan, Senior Lecturer Lecturer in Higher Education and Learning Development
- Dr Olga Rodriguez Falcon, Lecturer Lecturer in Higher Education and Learning Development
Contact us
- For Staff: Teach@sgul.ac.uk
- For Students: Studyplus@sgul.ac.uk
Merging City and St George’s Resources
As we bring together resources for City (Clerkenwell) and St George’s (Tooting) students, some content may be specific to one campus and not the other. For the most relevant information, try using specific keywords or exploring content related to your department. If you need help, our support teams are available to guide you.
Clerkenwell students can contact campus.news@citystgeorges.ac.uk
Tooting students can contact studentlifecentre@sgul.ac.uk.