Online resources

We also offer a range of online resources, which may help address some of your queries.

Our online resources include:

  • Study guides
  • Referencing guides
  • Workshop materials
  • Subject specific help

These are currently hosted on Moodle.

Access our online resources

Other tools from the University

The University has many ways of providing support, including the below tools.

  • JISC Discovery Tool: A tool to help each individual assess and improve their Digital Literacy skills.

Success online course

The Success course has been created to help you develop your academic skills. Whether you are doing your first degree, or your Master's or PhD, we are here to provide support and information to help you achieve your full potential at Birmingham City University. This course runs in addition to the qualification you are working towards and allows you to work on key academic skills at your own pace.

The main content of the Success course is based around skills that you may need during your time studying and is designed to enhance your academic and maths skills. It is split into three sections: Getting Started with University, Academic Writing and Maths. You can complete any of these topics you think will be useful. The course also has a section to help you plan your assignment/s and track your progress.

Sign up to Success

Study guides

Our study guides are a series of resources on various topics that we have created or adapted, which may be useful to you. These have also been hosted below under five main headings:

English language
Time and tenses
Grammar
Presentation skills

Other useful sites and resources

The following resources and sites have not been created by us but may contain useful information to help you with your studies.

General
  • Learn Higher Website for the Learn Higher partnership, with a number of very useful links to different areas of academic study.
Academic writing
Study skills
  • NoteMaker: an interactive guide and resource to help you improve your note-making skills.
  • Google Scholar: Use this to find articles. Use the 'advanced search' (in the Options menu) to help you find specific information. Don't forget to check the 'cited by' and 'related articles' links when you find an article which is useful for your assignment (links are under the article description).
Maths and statistics
  • Math Centre A good bank of resources for university mathematics if you know exactly what topic you are looking for.
  • Math TutorA useful structured guide for A-level mathematics topics.
  • Patrick JMT: A range of instructional videos on a variety of topics.
  • Khan AcademyUseful videos, lessons and quizzes to test your understanding of a wide range of mathematics.
  • Stats TutorA good bank of resources for statistics if you know exactly what information or test you are looking for.
  • SPSS Tutorials: Guides on how to use SPSS to analyse your data.