Free Undergraduate Courses

A free online course on essay writing, study skills and online and library learning resources

To enrol:

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Once enrolled, find the module in your Courses page in Blackboard

Class materials and any online learning resources 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

 11/10/23

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams

 

Ar-lein ar Teams

Information Skills  1:

Library starter including off-campus access

 

Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 1:

Dechrau arni yn y Llyfrgell gan gynnwys mynediad i ffwrdd o campws - sesiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg

11/10/23

14:00 - 15:00

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 1:

Interpreting essay questions

18/10/23 14:00 - 15:00 

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 2: Clarity and focus

25/10/23

14:00 - 15:00 

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 3:

Planning and writing introductions

01/11/23

14:00 - 15:00

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 4:

Paraphrasing and citation

08/11/23

13:00-14:00

Online via MS Teams

 

Ar-lein ar Teams

Information skills 2:

Referencing essentials

 

Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 2:

Hanfodion cyfeirnodi - sesiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg

08/11/23

14:00 - 15:00

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 5:

Quotation and citation

15/11/23

14:00 - 15:00

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 6:

Essay structures: the nature of argument

22/11/23

13:00-13:30

Online via MS Teams

 

Ar-lein ar Teams

Information Skills 3:

Box of Broadcasts

 

Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 3:

Box of Broadcasts - sesiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg

22/11/23

14:00 - 15:00

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 7:

Drawing conclusions and writing conclusions

29/11/23

14:00 - 15:00

Online via MS Teams

Writing and Study 8: Revision and exam skills

 

 Presentation recordings and slides in the Blackboard content folder

 Information Skills 1: From reading lists to referencing 

 Information Skills 2: Getting started with Primo: finding books, ebooks, journal articles

Please note that all of the above sessions will be delivered through the medium of English. There is a series of Welsh-medium academic skills sessions, run by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/cgg/learning-teaching/academicskillsforstudents/

Learning outcomes: On completion of the whole course it is expected that you will be able to:

  • Identify the key requirements of academic assignments
  • Work effectively with information presented and discussed in lectures and seminars ways in which the information can be used in academic assignments
  • Identify and appropriately use a range of University and external resources for assignments within the University’s guidelines for good academic practice
  • Create and maintain a clear, focused and well structured argument in written assignments
  • Manage revision time and strategies for working with exam requirements

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