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.
Functional Writing: Writing Clear Sentences
Starts: 2 Nov 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 2 Nov 2026, 3:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 21In this workshop students will learn how to identify and write clear sentences using a variety of sentence structures. Students will learn about simple, compound and complex sentences, and how they can be used to make clear points, include additional detail and express complex ideas. With practical activities and clear feedback, students will develop knowledge, understanding and confidence in understanding and using varied sentence structures.6-wk Academic Writing Course - W4 - Are My Ideas Clear? Sentences and Flow (Group 1 - in person)
Starts: 3 Nov 2026, 12:00 pmFinishes: 3 Nov 2026, 1:30 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, Clifford Whitworth Library, Learning Suite 1Remaining places: 96-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.Ready, Set, Sign In! A practical student IT workshop
Starts: 11 Nov 2026, 12:00 pmFinishes: 11 Nov 2026, 1:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 15Come along to this on campus workshop to learn how to sign in to your Microsoft 365 account and access the Outlook, OneDrive and Word apps.Finding and using journal articles and databases [Online]
Starts: 13 Nov 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 13 Nov 2026, 3:00 pmRemaining places: 80This 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: 5This 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.Functional Writing: Writing Clear Paragraphs
Starts: 16 Nov 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 16 Nov 2026, 3:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 23In this workshop students will learn how to structure and write clear and well-developed paragraphs using a variety of sentence structures and supporting sentences. Students will also learn how to make a point and fully develop it using the recommended PEAL paragraph structure. Through clear demonstration, practical activities and clear feedback, students will develop knowledge, understanding and confidence in understanding and writing clear paragraphs.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: 12This 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.Functional Writing: Using Punctuation [On Campus]
Starts: 23 Nov 2026, 2:00 pmFinishes: 23 Nov 2026, 3:00 pmVenue: Peel Park Campus, Clifford Whitworth University Library, CW Learning Suite 2Remaining places: 50This workshop covers a range of fundamental punctuation marks, including commas, colons, and semicolons, to help make your writing clear and effective.Develop your critical and analytical skills [Online]
Starts: 23 Nov 2026, 3:00 pmFinishes: 23 Nov 2026, 4:00 pmRemaining places: 99This workshop covers critical and analytical skills useful for academic work.Refresh your referencing skills [Online]
Starts: 24 Nov 2026, 1:00 pmFinishes: 24 Nov 2026, 2:15 pmRemaining places: 72This 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.PowerPoint: Creating a Narrated Presentation Video [Online]
Starts: 10 Dec 2026, 12:00 pmFinishes: 10 Dec 2026, 1:00 pmRemaining places: 45This 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: 79In this workshop we will learn how to use EndNote to save and manage information sources, and automatically create citations and references.