Workshops

Our programme of workshops for the spring term 2020 is still to be finalised. Please contact asc@contacts.bham.ac.uk for any queries in the meantime. Booking is essential due to the capacity of the rooms. Our workshops are available to taught (undergraduate/MA/MSc) students only. 

This booking link will take you to our calendar of events. You will need to register an account using your University email address. Then select and book onto the sessions that are of interest to you. See our 'how to' guide for booking. 

Undergraduates

• Strategies for effective learning (new undergraduates)
• Active reading and note-making
• Good academic practice
• Introduction to academic writing: planning and structuring
• Presentation skills
• Critical thinking
• Using feedback to boost your grades
• Improving your writing style
• Digital note taking with MS OneNote
• Getting to grips with MS Excel
• Advanced MS Excel features
• SPSS statistical software to manage and analyse data
• Introduction to video editing

Taught postgraduates

• Skills for PGT success
• Reading strategies: improve your reading
• Planning and structuring your essays
• Scientific writing
• Critical thinking
• Digital note taking with MS OneNote
• Introduction to video editing
• Getting to grips with MS Excel
• Advanced MS Excel features
• SPSS statistical software to manage and analyse data

If you are a Research postgraduate (MRes or PhD) please contact libraryresearchskills@contacts.bham.ac.uk . 

If there is something that we don't currently offer that you think we should, please let us know.

For any queries please contact asc@contacts.bham.ac.uk.