The Learning Support Centre (CAP)
A Unique Support System in Higher Education.
ESSCA’s Learning Support Centre (Centre d’Accompagnement Pédagogique – CAP) is here to support you in your learning journey, regardless of your needs, with the aim of helping you reach your full potential. Our multidisciplinary team draws on the latest research in neuroscience and cognitive science to provide you with the best possible support.
The Centre’s goal is to offer personalised support tailored to your unique profile. We aim to help you develop your potential through introspection, celebrating successes to regain self-confidence, setting clear objectives to structure your learning, and developing soft skills.
Services Offered by the Learning Support Centre
The Learning Support Centre organises tutoring to ensure individual follow-up throughout the year, workshops to develop effective learning strategies, coaching to meet academic requirements and personalised academic support to address a specific difficulty a student may be facing.
Focus on Filboost: Music and Cognition Enhancing Learning
ESSCA is innovating with Filboost, a sound immersion device that helps students better understand their concentration and improve their work efficiency.
This programme is based on research in cognition and music to enhance attention, increase efficiency, and reduce stress through original and energising musical atmospheres.
The Learning Support Centre is currently testing this device on the ESSCA campus in Paris.
Year-Round Tutoring
From the 1st year onwards, you’ll have access to individual tutoring through face-to-face meetings with a tutor, who is a member of the teaching team. The topics discussed will relate to your life at the School, such as integration into the year group, analysis of academic results, and finding a work placement.
'Learning to Learn’ Workshops
These workshops aim to get you to think about how you learn, based on different themes such as concentration, stress management, and memory function. They’re designed to help you self-assess your methodological practices. These workshops are complemented by online training, newsletters, and podcasts available to you on the student web portal.
Personalised Coaching
During the first two years, individualised academic assistance is offered to students who are experiencing occasional difficulties in one or more subjects. Specially trained student monitors provide this support, helping you to:
- Reflect on how you learn and organise your work
- Overcome occasional difficulties
- Develop an independent and effective method of working
What Students Are Saying
- “The teaching is good, and the mentor is attentive and available. The sessions progress smoothly, and there are plenty of high-quality learning resources.”
- “I really appreciated this scheme – it’s a fantastic initiative from the School. The support was incredibly helpful! Thanks to it, I was able to successfully complete my financial analysis semester with a score of 15/20 in the exams.”