Academic Skills enable taught Royal Holloway students to develop and enhance their learning to achieve academic success. We recently shortened our name - you may have previously known us as the Centre for the Development of Academic Skills, or CeDAS. Despite the update, we are pleased to still offer the same services below.
Academic Skills
Our team of dedicated Learning Developers provide free, friendly, and confidential support for all taught students.
We offer 1:1 tutorials, drop-ins and workshops. These activities, delivered both online and in-person, help develop your academic writing and communication, develop your maths, stats, and numeracy, and develop your skills for studying independently.
We also offer a range of self-study resources, some of which include advice on preparing for and taking exams.
To find out more, please visit our Skills for Academic Success Moodle page.
Academic Skills Moodle site
Access 1:1 tutorials, workshops, self-access resources and more
Supporting you as you begin your studies
Academic Skills has worked with Royal Holloway students to produce a Moodle self-study course full of their advice and perspectives on how to defeat imposter syndrome and become a successful Royal Holloway student.
Using the module is optional and you can access it as much or as often as is useful for you.
Other resources
Royal Holloway welcomes international students who would like to learn with us. We also help current students take up opportunities to study abroad. Find out more.
This fee-for-service scheme is for postgraduate students who want to have the final draft of a dissertation or project proofed before submission. Work is carried out by private arrangement through Academic Skills with professional proofreaders listed on the scheme’s register. Find out more.
Visit the pre-exam Maths & Stats drop-ins in May 2026 before exams. No booking required.
Come to our annual Maths Café and bring your Maths and/or statistics questions about past exam papers, lecture notes, homework or project and dissertation work.
These drop-in sessions are delivered by Academic Skills staff and lecturers volunteering their time. Please see the schedule on the Moodle site for lecturer availability.
Free snacks and cold drinks will be available!