Free postgraduate course
A free online course on postgraduate writing and advanced information skills (two semesters)
Seminars are held on Wednesday afternoons
Open to all Master's, 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
- When the module opens in Blackboard click +Enrol in the left column
Once enrolled, click My Modules to see this course listed under General modules
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 | |||
| 12/10/22 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 1: Establishing focus with written assignments |
| 19/10/22 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 2: Essays and reports: comparative structures |
| 26/10/22 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 3: Creating a critical stance in a literature review |
| 02/11/22 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 4: Introductions with impact |
| 09/11/22 |
13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills 1: New to Aber? Returning to research? Need a library refresh? |
| 16/11/22 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 5: Maintaining clarity and focus |
| 23/11/22 |
13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills 3: Keeping up to date in your research topic |
| 23/11/22 | 14:00-15:00 | Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills 2: Getting started with EndNote reference management (rescheduled from the 16th) |
| 07/12/22 | 13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills 5: An introduction to Metrics and Altmetrics |
| 14/12/2022 | 13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills 4: Using Mendeley (free) for reference management (rescheduled from November 30th)
|
| Semester 2 | |||
| 18/01/23 | 13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills (repeated from Semester 1): New to Aber? Returning to research? Need a library refresh? |
| 25/01/23 | 13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills (repeated from Semester 1): Keeping up to date in your research topic |
| 01/02/23 | 13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills (repeated from Semester 1): Getting started with EndNote reference management |
| 01/02/23 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 6: Checkpoints in the writing process: editing and proofreading |
| 08/02/23 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 7: Functional development of narrative structure |
| 15/02/23 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 8: Establishing aspects of voice 1 |
| 22/02/23 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 9: Establishing aspects of voice 2 |
|
01/03/22 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 10: Dissertation planning part 1 |
|
08/03/23 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 11: Dissertation planning part 2 |
|
22/03/23 |
13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills (repeated from Semester 1): Using Mendeley (free) for reference management |
|
|
13:00-14:00 |
Online via MS Teams |
Advanced Information Skills (repeated from Semester 1): An introduction to Metrics and Altmetrics |
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