Workshops
We offer a wide range of academic skills workshops delivered online and in-person on campus.
Academic Skills Workshops
Elevate your skills and knowledge with us!
This is a great place to start if you want to:
- Improve your study and research skills
- Develop your IT and digital skills
- Focus on your maths and numeracy.
Workshops are added regularly, so keep checking back to see what's new!
Workshop topics
Study and Research
- Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Academic writing for assessments e.g. critical and reflective writing, assessment structure, paraphrasing, referencing
- Digital note-making
- Endnote
- Finding information e.g. Library Search, finding journal articles and using databases
- Motivation and procrastination
- Preparing for exams
- Presentation skills
- Reading lists
- Resilience
IT and Digital
- Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Creating academic posters
- Creating narrated presentation videos
- Formatting your dissertation
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exams
Maths and Numeracy
- Numerical reasoning tests
- Medicine management numeracy skills
Library Welcome
- Library Welcome webinar
- IT essentials at Salford
Coming up...
Medicine Management Non-calculator Numeracy Skills 1: Division and Fractions [online]
Starts: 5 Nov 2024, 9:30 amFinishes: 5 Nov 2024, 11:00 amRemaining places: 63This session will look the use of division and fractions in non-calculator drug calculations. Suitable for any students required to complete medicine management numeracy assessments.This session will be delivered online.Medicine Management Non-calculator Numeracy Skills 2: Multiplication and Fractions [online]
Starts: 5 Nov 2024, 11:15 amFinishes: 5 Nov 2024, 12:45 pmRemaining places: 66This session will look the use of multiplication and fractions in non-calculator drug calculations and is suitable for any student working towards medicine management assessments. This session will be delivered online.Constructing and Deconstructing Arguments [ONLINE]
Starts: 5 Nov 2024, 12:00 pmFinishes: 5 Nov 2024, 1:00 pmRemaining places: 10This workshop explores the content of academic arguments, examples of good and bad argumentation, and some common logical fallacies.This workshop will be delivered onlineDevelop your confidence in speaking [ON CAMPUS]
Starts: 6 Nov 2024, 1:00 pmFinishes: 6 Nov 2024, 2:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 12In this workshop we will explore what is stopping us from speaking up and understand the benefits of speaking to others. We will practise speaking in a safe space and share strategies to boost our confidence. This workshop is useful for any undergraduate and postgraduate level student wanting to develop their confidence in speaking in different situations.