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Academic Writing Workshops

Free bookable workshops to help you develop your academic writing skills.

 

 

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Upcoming workshops

  • Academic Writing Workshops

    • 6-week Academic Writing Course (Group 3 - Online)

      Starts: 15 Oct 2026, 11:00 am
      Finishes: 15 Oct 2026, 12:30 pm
      Remaining places: 0
      6-week academic writing course that will take you from the blank page to finished, with plenty of useful tools and strategies to improve your writing.

    • 6-week Academic Writing Course - Week 2 (Group 1 - in person)

      Starts: 20 Oct 2026, 12:00 pm
      Finishes: 20 Oct 2026, 1:30 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, Clifford Whitworth Library, Learning Suite 1
      Remaining places: 16
      6-week academic writing course that will take you from the blank page to finished, with plenty of useful tools and strategies to improve your writing.

    • 6-week Academic Writing Course - Week 2 (Group 2 - Online)

      Starts: 21 Oct 2026, 2:00 pm
      Finishes: 21 Oct 2026, 3:30 pm
      Remaining places: 17
      6-week academic writing course that will take you from the blank page to finished, with plenty of useful tools and strategies to improve your writing.

    • 6-week Academic Writing Course - Week 2 (Group 3 - Online)

      Starts: 22 Oct 2026, 11:00 am
      Finishes: 22 Oct 2026, 12:30 pm
      Remaining places: 17
      6-week academic writing course that will take you from the blank page to finished, with plenty of useful tools and strategies to improve your writing.

    • Doing a literature review [Online]

      Starts: 26 Oct 2026, 4:00 pm
      Finishes: 26 Oct 2026, 5:30 pm
      Remaining places: 55
      In this workshop you will develop your literature review skills. We will explore the aims behind a literature review, how to carry out your search, how to critically assess your sources and how to structure your review.

    • Refresh your referencing skills [Online]

      Starts: 17 Nov 2026, 1:00 pm
      Finishes: 17 Nov 2026, 2:15 pm
      Remaining places: 75
      This workshop will cover common referencing errors and how to avoid them in our work. This workshop includes a Q&A section where you can ask specific referencing questions.

    • Functional Writing: Using Punctuation [On Campus]

      Starts: 23 Nov 2026, 2:00 pm
      Finishes: 23 Nov 2026, 3:00 pm
      Venue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2
      Remaining places: 50
      This workshop covers a range of fundamental punctuation marks, including commas, colons, and semicolons, to help make your writing clear and effective.

    Academic Skills Workshops

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    Workshops are added regularly, so keep checking back to see what's new!

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