Free postgraduate course

Join us and develop your skills

The skills programme is open to all Postgraduate Aberystwyth University - Master's, MPhil and PhD students so book your place or join any session that will help you develop the skills you need for where you are in your student journey right now. 

It will be particularly relevant to students who have had a break between undergraduate and postgraduate studies and those who are unfamiliar with the requirements of postgraduate studies in the context of UK universities.

You can attend all or just some of the seminars.

Follow the links in the table below to book a place or to join online on the date and time advertised. Online sessions are run via Microsoft Teams.

Sessions will be delivered through the medium of English, while those in Welsh medium will be distinguished by the orange badge.

Teaching materials, including recordings, presentations, and helpful resources, can be accessed through the SgiliauAber/ AberSkills Blackboard Learn Ultra organisation and will be available after each session.

To view the materials, follow these steps:

  • Click on the following link: Blackboard SgiliauAber / AberSkills
  • Choose the Cymraeg / Welsh folder for Welsh materials or the Saesneg / English folder for English materials.
  • Navigate to the topic folder you're interested in and explore all the teaching resources available for that skills session.

Semester 1 2023

Date Time Location Subject Details to join
Semester1
11/10/2023

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams 

Information skills 1: Library starter including off-campus access

Teams link to join

 

11/10/2023

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams

Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 1: Dechrau arni yn y Llyfrgell gan gynnwys mynediad i ffwrdd o campws 

Teams link to join

11/10/2023

14:00-15:30 

Online via MS Teams 

Writing 1: Establishing focus with written assignments 

 

18/10/2023

14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 2: Essays and reports: comparative structures

 

25/10/2023

14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 3: Creating a critical stance in a literature review

 

01/11/2023

14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 4: Introductions with impact

 

08/11/2023

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams

Information Skills 2: Referencing essentials 

 

Teams link to join

08/11/2023

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams

Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 2: Hanfodion cyfeirnodi - sesiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg

Teams link to join

15/11/23

14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 5: Maintaining clarity and focus

 

22/11/23

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams

Information skills 3: Box of Broadcasts

 

22/11/2023

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams

Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 3: Box of Broadcasts 

Teams link to join

Semester 2
14/02/2024 14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 6: Checkpoints in the writing process: editing and proofreading

 

21/02/2024 14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 7: Functional development of narrative structure

 

28/02/2024 14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 8: Establishing aspects of voice 1

 

06/03/2024 14:00-15:30

Online via MS Teams

Writing 9: Establishing aspects of voice 2

 

13/03/2024

14:00-15:30 

Online via MS Teams

Writing 10: Dissertation planning part 1

 

20/03/2024

14:00-15:30 

Online via MS Teams

Writing 11: 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

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