Academic Skills Workshops
Workshops on digital skills, academic writing, and finding and using academic information.
Workshop Schedule
- Explore the topics below and click on an event title to book your place through Advantage.
- New workshops are released at the beginning of each trimester.
- If there are no workshops scheduled, explore our on-demand webinars and eLearning resources to access support at a time that suits you.
- If you require more specialist support, please contact the Learning and Skills Team by emailing askus@salford.ac.uk.
6-week Academic Writing Course (Group 1 - in person)
Starts: 13 Oct 2026, 12:00 pmFinishes: 13 Oct 2026, 1:30 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 1Remaining places: 06-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.Develop your confidence in speaking [ON CAMPUS]
Starts: 14 Oct 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 14 Oct 2026, 2:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 11In 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.6-week Academic Writing Course (Group 2 - Online)
Starts: 14 Oct 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 14 Oct 2026, 3:30 pmRemaining places: 06-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 (Group 3 - Online)
Starts: 15 Oct 2026, 11:00 amFinishes: 15 Oct 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 06-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 pmFinishes: 20 Oct 2026, 1:30 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, Clifford Whitworth Library, Learning Suite 1Remaining places: 166-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 pmFinishes: 21 Oct 2026, 3:30 pmRemaining places: 176-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.PowerPoint: Creating presentations [On Campus]
Starts: 21 Oct 2026, 3:00 pmFinishes: 21 Oct 2026, 4:30 pmVenue: Frederick Road Campus, Allerton, C811Remaining places: 8This 1½ hour practical workshop will show you how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create presentations. This workshop is on campus.6-week Academic Writing Course - Week 2 (Group 3 - Online)
Starts: 22 Oct 2026, 11:00 amFinishes: 22 Oct 2026, 12:30 pmRemaining places: 176-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 pmFinishes: 26 Oct 2026, 5:30 pmRemaining places: 61In 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.Develop your Paraphrasing Skills [ONLINE]
Starts: 28 Oct 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 28 Oct 2026, 2:00 pmRemaining places: 16This workshop will run through the principles and practice of paraphrasing, helping you to condense and cite the ideas of others more clearly.Finding and using journal articles and databases [Online]
Starts: 13 Nov 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 13 Nov 2026, 3:00 pmRemaining places: 83This workshop explores what journal articles and databases are and why they are useful.PowerPoint: Creating Academic Posters [On Campus]
Starts: 16 Nov 2026, 10:00 amFinishes: 16 Nov 2026, 11:30 amVenue: Frederick Road Campus, Allerton, C811Remaining places: 7This one-hour workshop will show you how to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create an academic poster. It includes design advice as well as the opportunity to use PowerPoint with a poster template file. This workshop is on campus.Refresh your referencing skills [Online]
Starts: 17 Nov 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 17 Nov 2026, 2:15 pmRemaining places: 78This 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.Word: Formatting your dissertation or thesis [On Campus]
Starts: 20 Nov 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 20 Nov 2026, 4:00 pmVenue: Frederick Road Campus, Allerton, C811Remaining places: 13This two-hour session is a practical workshop where you will learn how to use Microsoft Word tools to format your dissertation or thesis. This workshop is on campus.PowerPoint: Creating a Narrated Presentation Video [Online]
Starts: 10 Dec 2026, 12:00 pmFinishes: 10 Dec 2026, 1:00 pmRemaining places: 46This one-hour webinar will show you how to develop your digital and creative skills by using PowerPoint to create a narrated video presentation. This event is online.Introducing EndNote [Online]
Starts: 11 Dec 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 11 Dec 2026, 3:00 pmRemaining places: 85In this workshop we will learn how to use EndNote to save and manage information sources, and automatically create citations and references.