Skills for Success Workshops

PAD are providing a series of "Skills for Success workshops starting week commencing 9th February 2015. The workshops will cover a range of different skills including:

• Giving a presentation
• Academic writing
• Creating charts with Excel
• Paraphrasing and summarising
• Reading academic material
• Reading a journal article
• Assignment proofreading
• Powerpoint fundamentals

More details can be found on the Study Hub What's On Calendar here:
http://lrweb.beds.ac.uk/studyhub/whats-on

Skills to Succeed Workshops - Bedford

Skills to Succeed Workshops at Bedford

Learning Resources and Student Support are offering a range of workshops to help you to develop the esssential skills you'll need in order to be a successful student.

All workshops are FREE to attend and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. 

 

• 8th October 2013, 10.00-11.00 How to: Get organised & manage time. Room P1.23

• 9th October 2013, 09.00-10.00 How to: Create effective notes. Room P1.20

• 9th October, 2013, 11.00-12.00 How to: Read academic materials. Room P2.03

• 14th October 2013, 09.00-10.00 The Benefits of Positive Thinking, Room P0.60

• 16th October 2013 10.00-11.00 How to: Plan & structure an assignment, Room P1.13

• 16th October 2013 11.00-12.00 How to: Write academically, Room P2.03

• 17th October 2013 10.00-11.00 How to: Paraphrase & summarise text, Room P2.19

• 21st October 2013 09.00-10.00 Motivation: Keep the switch, Room P0.60

• 24th October 2013 10.00-11.00 How to: Show critical thinking in an assignment, Room P1.20

• 24th October 2013 14.00-15.00 How to: Read a journal article, Room K0.01

• 28th October 2013 09.00-10.00 Managing stress, Room P0.60

• 29th October 2013 How to: Write academically, Roo P1.13

• 1st November 2013 11.00-12.00 How to: Plan & structure an assignment, Room P1.13

• 1st November 2013 12.00-13.00 How to: Give a presentation, Room P1.13

Dissertation Drop-ins For September

I shall be holding a couple of informal drop-ins for help with dissertations this month on the dates below. Come along and have a chat about any library related questions / issues you may have with your dissertation.

• Tuesday 10th September - 1.00 - 2.00, Library IT Training Suite 2
• Tuesday 17th September - 1.00 - 2.00, Library IT Training Suite 2

Upcoming Workshops

I am currently putting together a programme of drop-in workshops for social science undergraduate dissertations and honours projects. All workshops are optional - come along if you're interested.

• 9th July 11.00 - 12.00 Doing Your Dissertation / Honours Project. P1.39, Polhill Campus. Choosing & focusing your dissertation topic, beginning your research & evaluating your results.
• 10th July 11.00 - 12.00 Dissertation Clinic, Tr2 Polhill Campus Library. Drop-in for a chat & ask any questions you might have about researching your dissertation / honours project.
• 16th July 11.00 - 12.00 Researching Your Dissertation / Honours Project with DISCOVER. P1.39, Polhill Campus. Using DISCOVER to find research material, using the limiting features, saving your results & setting up alerts.
• 17th July 11.00 - 12.00 Beyond DISCOVER for Social Science Students, Tr2 Polhill Campus Library. Finding research material on the web. 
• 23rd July 11.00 - 12.00 Referencing with RefWorks, Tr1 Polhill Campus Library. How to set up & use RefWorks, the reference management software to store useful references & automatically generate lists of references, in Harvard UoB format.
• 24th July 11.00 -12.00 Referencing with RefWorks, Tr2, Polhill Campus Library. How to set up & use RefWorks, the reference management software to store useful references & automatically generate lists of references in Harvard UoB format. Repeat/refresher of session on 23rd.