Academic Skills Adviser
| Posting date: | 10 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £43,811 to £50,136 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 October 2025 |
| Location: | Hendon, North West London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | MU Services Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ESE6-R |
Summary
Overall Purpose:
The role of the Academic Skills Advisor is to support students in developing their knowledge,
skills and behaviours in relation to robust academic skills and study skills.
The Academic Skills Advisors works across portfolios to deliver curriculum-embedded
workshops, pan-university workshops, personalised one-to-one support and to develop a
digital hub of self-help learning resources and activities in relation to English for Academic
Purposes, broader study skills and maths, stats and numeracy. In this way the role builds an
inclusive and accessible environment for the development of academic skills, enabling
students to shape their learning and engage in activities in ways which work for them.
The service is offered to all students, including those with and without general disabilities and
specialist learning differences, and the role holders will need to have specialist knowledge and
qualifications to support those in receipt of disabled student allowance.
Principal Duties:
• To contribute to the design, development and delivery of curriculum-embedded
academic skills and study skills workshops across the Middlesex programme portfolio,
and for students at all levels.
• To develop bespoke academic skills and study skills development programmes for
curriculum, ensuring student can develop robust skills to enable success in the
academic journey.
• To provide clinic-style one-to-one support for students.
• To work collaboratively to develop a technology enabled, digital Academic Skills Hub
for access by all students.
• To provide specialist support for those with general and specific learning differences.
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• To contribute to intervention programmes and activities designed to boost
continuation, and to support the University’s work in meeting and exceeding regulatory
targets, measures and thresholds, including those in the Teaching Excellence
Framework and Access and Participation Plan.
• To contribute to pan-university events including welcome, induction and graduation.
• To undertake any other activity as appropriate and as requested by the Education and
Student Experience leadership.
Other Duties
• As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended
in consultation with the post-holder.
• The post-holder will carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose
of the job as requested by the line manager.
• The post-holder will actively follow Middlesex University policies including Equality &
Diversity policies
The role of the Academic Skills Advisor is to support students in developing their knowledge,
skills and behaviours in relation to robust academic skills and study skills.
The Academic Skills Advisors works across portfolios to deliver curriculum-embedded
workshops, pan-university workshops, personalised one-to-one support and to develop a
digital hub of self-help learning resources and activities in relation to English for Academic
Purposes, broader study skills and maths, stats and numeracy. In this way the role builds an
inclusive and accessible environment for the development of academic skills, enabling
students to shape their learning and engage in activities in ways which work for them.
The service is offered to all students, including those with and without general disabilities and
specialist learning differences, and the role holders will need to have specialist knowledge and
qualifications to support those in receipt of disabled student allowance.
Principal Duties:
• To contribute to the design, development and delivery of curriculum-embedded
academic skills and study skills workshops across the Middlesex programme portfolio,
and for students at all levels.
• To develop bespoke academic skills and study skills development programmes for
curriculum, ensuring student can develop robust skills to enable success in the
academic journey.
• To provide clinic-style one-to-one support for students.
• To work collaboratively to develop a technology enabled, digital Academic Skills Hub
for access by all students.
• To provide specialist support for those with general and specific learning differences.
2
• To contribute to intervention programmes and activities designed to boost
continuation, and to support the University’s work in meeting and exceeding regulatory
targets, measures and thresholds, including those in the Teaching Excellence
Framework and Access and Participation Plan.
• To contribute to pan-university events including welcome, induction and graduation.
• To undertake any other activity as appropriate and as requested by the Education and
Student Experience leadership.
Other Duties
• As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended
in consultation with the post-holder.
• The post-holder will carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose
of the job as requested by the line manager.
• The post-holder will actively follow Middlesex University policies including Equality &
Diversity policies
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