Free postgraduate course
A free course on postgraduate writing and advanced information skills (two semesters)
Seminars are held on Wednesday afternoons
Open to all Masters, MPhil and PhD students
To enrol on the programme:
- Login to AberLearn Blackboard
- Click the AberSkills tab
- In the right-hand column, in the Postgraduate Writing and Advanced Information Skills box, click Enrol now
Once enrolled, click My Modules to see this course listed under Opt-in Modules List
Class materials will be available in the Content folder in the Blackboard module after each class
You will receive an email reminder in advance of each class
For further information, please email: study-skills@aber.ac.uk
| Date | Time | Location | Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester1 | |||
| 4 October 2017 |
14:00-15:30
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Establishing focus with written assignments |
| 11 October 2017 |
14:00-15:30
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Essays and reports: comparative structures |
| 18 October 2017 |
14:00-15:00
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Article searching with Primo |
| 25 October 2017 |
14:00-15:30
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Creating a critical stance in a literature review |
| 1 November 2017 |
14:00-15:00
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Research at home: working on and off campus |
| 8 November 2017 |
14:00-15:30
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Introductions with impact |
| 15 November 2017 |
14:00-15:00
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Bibliographic referencing software |
| 22 November 2017 |
14:00-15:30
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Maintaining clarity and focus |
| Semester 2 | |||
| 7 February 2018 | 14:00-15:30 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Checkpoints in the writing process: editing and proofreading |
| 14 February 2018 | 14:00-15:30 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Keeping up to date in your subject of study |
| 21 February 2018 | 14:00-15:30 |
C63 Llandinam |
Functional development of narrative structure |
| 28 February 2018 | 14:00-15:30 |
C63 Llandinam |
Open access |
|
7 March 2018 |
14:00-15:30 |
C63 Llandinam |
Writing a critical reflection in a practice based context |
| 14 March 2018 | 14:00-15:30 |
C63 Llandinam |
Establishing aspects of voice |
| 21 March 2018 | 14:00-15:30 |
C63 Llandinam |
Dissertation planning |
Learning outcomes: On completion of the whole course it is expected that you will be able to:
- Analyse the requirements of a range of different postgraduate assignments
- Identify similarities and differences between the structural and stylistic requirements of different assignment formats (e.g. essays, reports, dissertations)
- Work with appropriate language styles and structural formats towards the wider context of communicating with a range of academic or professional audiences
- Work with a wider range of online information resources for research purposes
Jointly facilitated by Student Learning Support and Information Services