Free postgraduate course
A free online course on postgraduate writing and advanced information skills (two semesters)
Seminars are held on Wednesday afternoons.
Open to all Master's, MPhil and PhD students.
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.
To enrol on the programme:
- Click this link: https://blackboard.aber.ac.uk/ultra/courses/_6521_1/cl/outline
- On the left click +Enrol
- Then, on the right click Submit
Once enrolled, find the module on your Courses page in Blackboard
Class materials 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semester1 | |||
| 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 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 1: Establishing focus with written assignments |
| 18/10/23 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 2: Essays and reports: comparative structures |
| 25/10/23 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 3: Creating a critical stance in a literature review |
| 01/11/23 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 4: Introductions with impact |
| 08/11/23 |
13:00-13:30 |
Online via MS Teams
Ar-lein ar Teams |
Information Skills 2: Referencing essentials
Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 2: Hanfodion cyfeirnodi - sesiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg |
| 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
Ar-lein ar Teams |
Information skills 3: Box of Broadcasts
Sgiliau Gwybodaeth 3: Box of Broadcasts - sesiwn cyfrwng Cymraeg |
| Semester 2 | |||
| 14/02/24 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 6: Checkpoints in the writing process: editing and proofreading |
| 21/02/24 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 7: Functional development of narrative structure |
| 28/02/24 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 8: Establishing aspects of voice 1 |
| 06/03/24 | 14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 9: Establishing aspects of voice 2 |
|
13/03/24 |
14:00-15:30 |
Online via MS Teams |
Writing 10: Dissertation planning part 1 |
|
20/03/24 |
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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