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
- When the module opens in Blackboard ckick +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 | |||
| 09/10/19 |
14:00-15:30
|
0.10 Maths & Physics
|
Establishing focus with written assignments |
| 16/10/19 |
14:00-15:00
|
A14 Hugh Owen |
Essays and reports: comparative structures |
| 23/10/19 |
14:00-15:30
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Creating a critical stance in a literature review |
| 30/10/19 |
14:00-15:30
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Introductions with impact |
| 13/11/19 |
14:00-15:00
|
A14 Hugh Owen
|
Maintaining clarity and focus |
|
Online only |
Article searching with Primo |
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|
Online only |
Research at home: working on and off campus |
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|
Online only |
Bibliographic referencing software |
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| Semester 2 | |||
| 05/02/20 | 14:00-15:30 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Checkpoints in the writing process: editing and proofreading |
| 12/02/20 | 14:00-15:00 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Functional development of narrative structure |
| 19/02/20 | 14:00-15:30 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Writing a critical reflection in a practice based context |
| 26/02/20 | 14:00-15:00 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Establishing aspects of voice |
|
04/03/20 |
14:00-15:30 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Dissertation planning part 1 |
|
11/04/20 |
14:00-15:30 |
A14 Hugh Owen |
Dissertation planning part 2 |
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