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, research and writing 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
Library Welcome
Study, Research and Writing
- Academic integrity and avoiding plagiarism
- Academic writing for assessments, including:
- Assessment structure
- Critical and analytical writing
- Paraphrasing
- Constructing and deconstructing arguments
- Developing confidence in speaking
- Doing a literature review
- EndNote
- Finding information, including:
- Databases
- Journal articles
- Library Search (library catalogue)
- Reading lists
- Referencing
- Writing at a UK University
- Writing Café
IT and Digital
- Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Creating academic posters
- Creating narrated presentations
- Formatting dissertations/theses
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams
Maths and Numeracy
- Basic Algebra
- Graduate Numerical Reasoning Tests
- Medicine Management (Drug Calculations)
- Trigonometry Refresher
Coming up...
Writing First Aid Drop-in [online]
Starts: 17 Apr 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 17 Apr 2026, 3:00 pmGot a deadline coming up and stuck on your writing or anxious about something? Drop in for quick, practical one-to-one support from a writing specialist. No booking needed. Just bring your work and your questions.Writing Café: Do It Your Way [Online]
Starts: 20 Apr 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 20 Apr 2026, 2:00 pmCome along to a new writing café format! Set a goal, choose your style (silent, sprint, or social) and make real progress on your writing. All disciplines and levels welcome!From Head to Page: Move your Writing Along
Starts: 21 Apr 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 21 Apr 2026, 3:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Peel, Clifford Whitworth Learning Suite 1Remaining places: 19Struggling to start writing? This interactive workshop helps you identify what's blocking you and try practical strategies to get unstuck. Open to all students. Great if you have an assignment coming up!Writing First Aid Drop-in [online]
Starts: 22 Apr 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 22 Apr 2026, 2:00 pmGot a deadline coming up and stuck on your writing or anxious about something? Drop in for quick, practical one-to-one support from a writing specialist. No booking needed. Just bring your work and your questions.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [On Campus]
Starts: 22 Apr 2026, 3:00 pmFinishes: 22 Apr 2026, 4:00 pmVenue: Frederick Road Campus, Allerton, C811Remaining places: 12This one-hour EXAM SESSION for MOS certification takes place ON CAMPUS. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.Writing First-Aid Drop-in
Starts: 23 Apr 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 23 Apr 2026, 3:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, Meeting Room 10Got a deadline coming up and stuck on your writing or anxious about something? Drop in for quick, practical one-to-one support from a writing specialist. No booking needed. Just bring your work and your questions.IT Essentials at Salford [Online]
Starts: 6 May 2026, 4:00 pmFinishes: 6 May 2026, 5:00 pmRemaining places: 100This workshop will introduce you to the main IT tools, resources and services you need to get started as a student at the University of Salford. This workshop will be delivered online.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 12 May 2026, 5:00 pmFinishes: 12 May 2026, 6:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 9This is a one-hour online EXAM SESSION for MOS certification. At the time of booking, you must have scored over 70% in GMetrix's 'Testing' mode for your chosen application. Bookings not meeting this criterion will be cancelled.Getting started with academic information and reading lists [Online]
Starts: 13 May 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 13 May 2026, 2:00 pmRemaining places: 51We will explore what academic information is, why it is important and how reading lists can help you find information for assessments. This workshop will be delivered online.Pythagoras and Trigonometry Refresher
Starts: 18 May 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 18 May 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 90This session will cover the basic applications of Pythagoras' Theorem, SOHCAHTOA and the Sine/Cosine rules.