A guide which takes you through the whole process of writing a critical review of a book or article.

A newspaper story about why it's a bad idea to buy essays from someone who used to write them.

A guide to writing academic paragraphs with examples.

A large list of videos with exercises and other activities to help you expand your vocabulary and develop your skills.

A short article on why we avoid study groups, their benefits, and how to have an effective group

A comprehensive guide to English pronunciation with lots of links and resources.

A free grammar app (with paid for features) from the British Council

A useful collection of online exercises to help with academic writing including podcasts, videos and pdfs.

A free language exchange app where you can talk to native speakers of other languages.

Makes every word on webpage clickable and linked to dictionary - enter the webpage you want to read in Box 1 and select whether you want English explanation or translation of the words into other languages.

Some (very) short online exercises on some features of English punctuation.

With over 80,000 entries, this dictionary covers most words that you will find on the Internet.

A short but fascinating video that will make you think differently about English spelling.

A list of phrases for use in academic writing organised by function. There is e-book available, but it is not free.

A fun app (also website) to help you learn a new language through structured courses. There is a pay version, but the free version still has a lot of content.

A reference manager supported by UCL Explore

A huge resource of free templates for Office software, some suitable for academic uses.

Resources for ISD Digital Skills Development courses including: pre-learning activities; task sheets; online learning resources; work files required to complete the tasks. There are also some stand-alone resources that you can use to learn independently.

A simple alphabetical list of all the words on the the Academic Word list with links to a few other useful vocabulary lists (scroll to the bottom).

A brief guide to relative clauses with 2 'grammar tests' with feedback to practise with.

List of free resources for learning general English, including podcasts on listening, speaking, writing and grammar

A collection of advice on Study skills with links to other advice.

A book covering the basics of developing an argument. Requires library login.

Type in a word and get back a list of meanings of the word with collocations for each meaning and example sentences. An invaluable tool.

A quick guide to different purposes of paragraphs in academic writing.

A guide to writing paragraphs including a 5-step process and troubleshooting advice.

A very brief guide to paraphrasing and summarising, and a slightly longer guide to using quotations.

A collection of downloadable pdf guides including: writing CVs, business emails and letters; and basic grammar guides.

Comprehensive. Fast. User-friendly.

A 23-unit course with videos and exercises to prepare for study at university