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...
Writing at a UK University: how to pass your assessments [on campus]
Starts: 21 Jan 2025, 10:30 amFinishes: 21 Jan 2025, 11:30 amVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 20This workshop will cover expectations of learning at Salford, with a focus on how to pass assessments. It focuses on some of the most important aspects of studying and producing academic writing at a UK university, including how to use academic information effectively. This workshop is open to all students, particularly those who are new to studying in the UK or at the University of Salford.Writing at a UK University: how to pass your assessments [online]
Starts: 23 Jan 2025, 5:00 pmFinishes: 23 Jan 2025, 6:00 pmRemaining places: 43This workshop focuses on how to pass assessments at a UK university. It focuses on some of the most important aspects of studying and producing academic writing at a UK university, including how to use academic information effectively. It is aimed at students new to studying in the UK or at the University of Salford.Getting started with assessments (Online)
Starts: 27 Jan 2025, 12:00 pmFinishes: 27 Jan 2025, 1:00 pmRemaining places: 52This workshop is aimed at new students. This workshop covers the different types of assessments at university and how to get started on them. This workshop will be delivered on Teams via the link provided.Algebra Refresher 1: Core Techniques
Starts: 28 Jan 2025, 9:30 amFinishes: 28 Jan 2025, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 87This session is designed to reinforce essential algebraic techniques for students who want to refresh their understanding before diving into more advanced topics. We'll cover foundational concepts including basic notation, laws of indices, expanding and simplifying expressions, collecting like terms, factorisation, substitution/rearranging formulae and algebraic fractions.