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...
Medicine Management: Complex Questions for Exam Preparation (Online)
Starts: 16 Jun 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 16 Jun 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 75This session will cover complex drug calculation questions required for medicine management assessments and is suitable for any students required to complete these assessments. This session will be delivered online.From Head to Page: Move your Writing Along [online]
Starts: 16 Jun 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 16 Jun 2026, 2:00 pmStruggling 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!10-Week Basic Algebra Refresher Course (Week 5: Formulae: Substitution and Rearranging)
Starts: 16 Jun 2026, 1:30 pmFinishes: 16 Jun 2026, 3:00 pmRemaining places: 5010-Week Algebra Refresher Course. Starting Tuesday 19/5/26. Follow the link for full details.Preparing for Reassessment: Assignment support (Online)
Starts: 17 Jun 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 17 Jun 2026, 2:00 pmThis workshop will provide help, support, and guidance for students preparing to undertake reassessment. This workshop focusses on support with assignments.Medicine Management: Complex Questions for Exam Preparation (Online)
Starts: 18 Jun 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 18 Jun 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 80This session will cover complex drug calculation questions required for medicine management assessments and is suitable for any students required to complete these assessments. This session will be delivered online.Introducing EndNote (Online)
Starts: 18 Jun 2026, 5:00 pmFinishes: 18 Jun 2026, 6:00 pmIn this workshop we will learn how to use EndNote to save and manage information sources, and how to use it to create correct citations and references. This workshop is online.Develop your confidence in speaking [ON CAMPUS]
Starts: 24 Jun 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 24 Jun 2026, 2:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 22In this workshop we will explore what is stopping us from speaking up and understand the benefits of speaking to others. We will practise speaking in a safe space and share strategies to boost our confidence. This workshop is useful for any undergraduate and postgraduate level student wanting to develop their confidence in speaking in different situations.Medicine Management: Liquid and Tablet Doses (Online)
Starts: 30 Jun 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 30 Jun 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 82This session will look at the different types of medicine management assessment questions relating to liquid and tablet doses. This is a calculator-based session suitable for students required to complete medicine management assessments. This workshop will be delivered online.Medicine Management: Liquid and Tablet Doses (Online)
Starts: 2 Jul 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 2 Jul 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 89This session will look at the different types of medicine management assessment questions relating to liquid and tablet doses. This is a calculator-based session suitable for students required to complete medicine management assessments. This workshop will be delivered online.Medicine Management: IV: Drip Rates and Infusions [online]
Starts: 7 Jul 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 7 Jul 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 89This session will look at medicine management assessment questions relating to Drip Rates and Infusions and is suitable for any students required to complete these assessments. This session will be delivered online.