Workshop overview

There are 8 sessions in this suite of Lunch+Learn (EnglishSupport) workshops each lasting 45 minutes. Each session will explore a topic related to academic writing that you will need to succeed:

• How to read journal articles
• How to avoid plagiarism 
• Group presentation skills
• Poster presentations (design & delivery)
• 3 key tenses in academic writing
• Punctuation rules and common errors
• 4 main sentence types in academic writing
• Tips and strategies for revising writing

Aim

The aim of these workshop-style sessions is to cover some of the most important aspects of academic writing in concise, bitesize and easy to comprehend sessions. 

The sessions are designed to be standalone. They are scheduled to run during lunchtimes and have evening repeats for maximum accessibility. Each session is offered as an online webinar. Webinar joining instructions are normally attached to the booking confirmation but will also be sent out again on the day of the session.  

Who should participate?
All students who want to revise their knowledge and improve their academic writing ability.

Intended learning outcomes (ILOs)

By the end of these sessions, participants should be able to:

• use the best strategies to adopt when it comes to reading journal articles 
• avoid plagiarism 
• deliver group presentations effectively
• design and deliver poster presentations 
• apply tenses effectively
• perfect the use of punctuation
• construct varied and correct sentences
• effectively revise writing

Session format
Interactive workshop with PowerPoint presentation and group and individual exercises.

Booking information
In accordance with our standard booking conditions, charges apply for late cancellations and
non-attendance at all or part of a face-to-face workshop but not for a webinar.

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