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 Proper Paragraphs [online]
Starts: 2 Jun 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 2 Jun 2026, 2:00 pmWriting Proper ParagraphsMedicine Management: Liquid and Tablet Doses (Online)
Starts: 2 Jun 2026, 1:30 pmFinishes: 2 Jun 2026, 4:30 pmRemaining places: 84This 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.Get started with Library Search and searching the web well [Online]
Starts: 2 Jun 2026, 3:00 pmFinishes: 2 Jun 2026, 4:00 pmRemaining places: 97This workshop will show you how to find and use academic information for your assessments.Medicine Management: Liquid and Tablet Doses (Online)
Starts: 4 Jun 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 4 Jun 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 83This 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.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [Online]
Starts: 4 Jun 2026, 4:00 pmFinishes: 4 Jun 2026, 5:00 pmVenue: MOS Exam - Certiport exam providerRemaining places: 10This 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.Medicine Management: IV: Drip Rates and Infusions [online]
Starts: 9 Jun 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 9 Jun 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 87This 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.Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Exam session [On Campus]
Starts: 10 Jun 2026, 10:30 amFinishes: 10 Jun 2026, 11:30 amVenue: 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.Medicine Management: IV: Drip Rates and Infusions [online]
Starts: 11 Jun 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 11 Jun 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 90This 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.Finding and using journal articles and databases [Online]
Starts: 15 Jun 2026, 12:00 pmFinishes: 15 Jun 2026, 1:00 pmThis workshop explores what journal articles and databases are and why they are useful.Medicine Management: Complex Questions for Exam Preparation (Online)
Starts: 16 Jun 2026, 9:30 amFinishes: 16 Jun 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 77This 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.