One way in which we aim to create conditions throughout Oxford where excellence in teaching and assessment can thrive is by bringing educators, administrators and students together through our facilitated education community. The community offers different opportunities for staff to enhance and support their practice – from open networks and user groups, to special interest groups.
One of these is the Academic Skills Special Interest Group (Academic Skills SIG). Find out about other groups in our education community.
What is the Academic Skills SIG?
ASSIG supports all academic, professional support staff and graduate students who are engaged in delivering and/or supporting students' academic skills at undergraduate and postgraduate level. At the heart of this community are the increasing numbers of colleagues in colleges whose role is focussed on academic skills work, whether you are a graduate mentor, study skills adviser, academic skills lecturer or coordinator. We hope that ASSIG offers a forum to network with others in this new type of role at Oxford and share experience, insight and resources with each other. If you are a college academic skills advisor/mentor/lecturer/coordinator, we hope to see you at meetings and posting on Teams.
The group is facilitated by the Centre for Teaching and Learning and organised via Teams.
Who is the Academic Skills SIG for?
The group is open to all professional services staff, academics and early-career researchers at Oxford with an active interest and/or remit in supporting students’ academic skills development.
How can I join the Academic Skills SIG?
Step 1: Make sure you are logged into MS Teams
Step 2: Click on this link. This will join you to our Education Community Team automatically and you will then be able to view the Academic Skills SIG Team Channel.
If you don’t have a SSO (Single Sign-On) account or have difficulty joining, please contact us.
How can I manage my notifications for the Education Community Team?
If you change nothing about your Teams notifications, you will receive both desktop notifications and activity feed alerts for @mentions, direct messages (chat), and all new conversations and @mentions in all channels within the Education Community Team, not just those for the Academic Skills SIG Team Channel.
If you would like to turn off notifications from any channel in the Education Community Team (ie for those groups you do not wish to follow), here is how to customise notifications in a Teams channel.
More details of how to change notifications can be found at Learn how to choose the right settings to fit your preferences.
If you have any queries, please contact us.
How can I be alerted when meetings are scheduled?
Calendar invitations and other details will be posted in the Academic Skills SIG Channel in our Education Community Team.
Can I view materials from previous meetings?
Once you have joined the Academic Skills SIG, materials from previous meetings will be available to you via the Academic Skills Special Interest Group Channel in the Education Community Team.
