Aspire supports students on their journey through education and beyond, categorized into four key pillars - Study Skills, Assistive Technology, Mental Health & Wellbeing, and Career Related Learning.
Click on our four key areas below to discover more.
Study Skills
- Resources that will help with delivering assignments, essay writing tips, and project management tools.
- Strategies and resources to support work such as delivering presentations and group scenarios.
- Reference builder covering several common reference styles.
- Blended learning strategies combining study skills with assistive technologies.
- Interactive content personalised to each student.
Assistive Technology
- Reduces potential for knowledge loss over time as the videos are available for unlimited reviews.
- Video sequences create a seamless learning experience.
- Extensive library of training videos produced by leading software manufacturers.
- Catalogue of short succinct videos, all with closed captioning and transcriptions.
- Students only see content relevant to their own needs and AT equipment.
Mental Health & Wellbeing
- This section provides a range of tools and techniques from Mental Health experts to help support you to be your best.
- Combined with a bank of information around managing mental wellness, there are also specific resources to help with stress and low mood including self-assessment tools.
- Visualisations, mindfulness resources and breathing exercises help with day to day stresses and challenges, while resources around sleep and exercise etc help users to future proof their wellness.
Career Related Learning
- Interview techniques and example scenarios such as one-to-one or group interviews.
- Disability disclosure advice with tips on how or when to disclose and help making the decision.
- CV Builder to help create a good starting point.
- Tips for creating well written and successful applications and presentations.
- Advice on social media clean-ups and positive online impressions.
The My Aspire App
The Aspire app is a task manager designed to help you organise your time, manage events and routines.
The project feature enables work to be prioritised into easily manageable sections, integrating with
the to-do list and calendar.
The app incorporates a reflective journal with tailored support to boost your mood. Additionally, it
includes mindfulness,
positive psychology, and a range of wellness courses written by a mental health and wellbeing expert.