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 | |||
| 02/10/19 |
14:00-15:30
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Room TBA
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Establishing focus with written assignments |
| 09/10/19 |
14:00-15:00
|
Room TBA
|
Essays and reports: comparative structures |
| 16/10/19 |
14:00-15:30
|
Room TBA
|
Creating a critical stance in a literature review |
| 23/10/19 |
14:00-15:30
|
Room TBA
|
Introductions with impact |
| 30/10/19 |
14:00-15:00
|
Room TBA
|
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 |
Room TBA |
Checkpoints in the writing process: editing and proofreading |
| 12/02/20 | 14:00-15:00 |
Room TBA |
Functional development of narrative structure |
| 19/02/20 | 14:00-15:30 |
Room TBA |
Writing a critical reflection in a practice based context |
| 26/02/20 | 14:00-15:00 |
Room TBA |
Establishing aspects of voice |
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04/03/20 |
14:00-15:30 |
Room TBA |
Dissertation planning part 1 |
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11/04/20 |
14:00-15:30 |
Room TBA |
Dissertation planning part 2 |
|
Online only |
Keeping up to date in your subject of study |
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Online only |
Open access |
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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