Supporting Your Students

If you wish to incorporate academic skills development into a course, for example in critical thinking, academic writing, presentation skills or mathematical principles, the Student Learning Service will be pleased to collaborate with you in the design and delivery of such a session. Please contact sls@abdn.ac.uk .

You can also recommend the Student Learning Service Academic Skills Workshops or Study Advice Sessions to your students.

Academic skills development online resources are available in MyAberdeen . Look in ACHIEVE, under Organisations for undergraduates and Academic Learning Resources for postgraduates.

All information for staff relating to Appeals and Complaints can be found in the ' Appeals and Complaints ' pages of the Academic Quality Handbook.

Information for students on Appeals and Complaints can be found under 'Your Studies, Appeals and Complaints ' on the University's Students' InfoHub webpages.

All information pertaining to the Codes of Practice on Student Discipline (Academic and Non-Academic) and Fitness to Practise policies and guidelines, which set out the procedures to be followed in the case of disciplinary offences by students, is available in the Academic Quality Handbook .

In addition to the electronic versions, you can also access the Codes in hard copy on request from:

Registry Student Services
King's College
Aberdeen
AB24 3FX

Students can encounter financial difficulties for a number of reasons. In the first instance, you should encourage them to make an appointment with a Student Support Adviser, in the Student Advice and Support Office, on the second floor of the Students' Union Building. The Student Support Adviser will help them to work out what financial assistance they might be eligible for and what options might be available to them.

The Student Advice and Support Office also administers the Discretionary Fund and the Childcare Fund. These funds are provided by the Scottish Government to assist students who experience unexpected financial difficulties or who have formal childcare expenses. Unfortunately, only UK students are eligible to apply for these funds.

• Financial assistance for students

Further information on financial guidance for students is also available from the Infohub .

British immigration legislation is complex and the International Student Advisers in the Student Advice and Support Office are the only people in the University permitted to give immigration advice. They are professionally trained to provide specific immigration advice and their services are regulated by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.

If a student you are supporting requires advice or information on UK immigration matters, you should contact an International Student Adviser in the first instance by emailing student.international@abdn.ac.uk .

Staff in the Library can help you to improve your information retrieval skills. We offer practical workshops and a toolkit of resources to help you find information quickly and effectively to meet that all important deadline.

For more information go to Information Skills page on the Library website.

The University monitors the attendance and performance of all students throughout the academic year in two ways

• Student Monitoring System
• Progression Exercises

MyAberdeen is the University's Virtual Learning Environment and is based upon the Blackboard Learn 9.1 environment.

For more information about MyAberdeen or contact details please visit the eLearning page within the Teaching and Learning section.

For students

Detailed information and advice on the current tuition fees and related policies and regulations can be accessed through the Tuition Fees section .

For members of staff

Staff under contract of employment with the University wishing to undertake studies at the University may be entitled to full or partial payment of their tuition fees from their Department or Section. This is conditional on meeting certain criteria and obtaining permission from the Head of College. The Staff Tuition Fees Policy sets out the full details and conditions of this.

Staff wishing to request assistance with their tuition fees can complete and submit a Staff Tuition Fees application form , once they have consulted the policy and secured the relevant School and College level approvals.

A number of forms which students may require during their time at the University are provided on the Infohub website, should you need to direct them to a particular form.

One form which is not available to students, but a staff member may require, is the Recognitions form. It may be necessary to complete this form where a student has previously studied the content of a course, either at school level or at another university, which is compulsory for their degree programme.