Workshops
We offer a wide range of academic skills workshops delivered online and in-person on campus.
Assessment Support Pop-Ups
In April and May we are running assessment support pop-ups in Clifford Whitworth Library. If you are worried about completing your assessments or have questions about your work, call in to the library and have a chat with a member of the Academic Skills Team. We will be available between 12:00 and 14:00 on the following days:
- 22 April (Tuesday)
- 24 April (Thursday)
- 29 April (Tuesday)
- 1 May (Thursday)
- 6 May (Tuesday)
- 8 May (Thursday)
Academic Skills Workshops
Elevate your skills and knowledge with us!
This is a great place to start if you want to:
- Improve your study and research 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
Study and Research
- Academic integrity and plagiarism
- Academic writing for assessments e.g. critical and reflective writing, assessment structure, paraphrasing, referencing
- Digital note-making
- Endnote
- Finding information e.g. Library Search, finding journal articles and using databases
- Motivation and procrastination
- Preparing for exams
- Presentation skills
- Reading lists
- Resilience
IT and Digital
- Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Creating academic posters
- Creating narrated presentation videos
- Formatting your dissertation
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exams
Maths and Numeracy
- Numerical reasoning tests
- Medicine management numeracy skills
Library Welcome
- Library Welcome webinar
- IT essentials at Salford
Coming up...
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session (On Campus)
Starts: 14 May 2025, 4:00 pmFinishes: 14 May 2025, 5:00 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.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session (Online)
Starts: 20 May 2025, 4:00 pmFinishes: 20 May 2025, 5:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 12This 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: 4 Jun 2025, 1:00 pmFinishes: 4 Jun 2025, 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.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session (On Campus)
Starts: 11 Jun 2025, 3:00 pmFinishes: 11 Jun 2025, 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.