PGT Essentials: Online workshops
The Academic Skills Centre are delivering a series of online workshops specifically for postgraduate taught students. You can now book your place for workshops taking place in semester two. Booking links are below. All sessions will be recorded.
Semester 2
Getting started with your research strategy
In this workshop, we’ll guide you through breaking down your topic, identifying key concepts, and translating them into a structured search strategy. You’ll learn practical tips and tricks for smarter searching and discover how to build a focused, comprehensive search string that works across academic databases.
- Wednesday 4 February 2026, 14:00-15:30 (UK time)
- Book a place
Critical thinking
Critical thinking should help you to: interpret evidence, data, and arguments; identify the relevance of this evidence to your assignment question; situate your work with the work of other academics and theorists; and develop well-reasoned arguments of your own.
- Wednesday 18 February 2026, 13:30-15:00 (UK time)
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Developing your writing
Are you unsure about how best to structure your work, how to use references effectively, or how to get your points across? Good academic writing is essential in communicating your argument and understanding of your subject, and a key skill to develop over the course of your postgraduate studies.
Managing your research project
Completing a dissertation is a large part of any postgraduate degree, but managing your research project for the first time can be overwhelming and unfamiliar. Join the Academic Skills Centre for this online workshop on time management, working with your supervisor and getting started with your project.
Getting started with your dissertation
How do I get started with my dissertation? Where do I begin with searching the literature? How can I engage with my subject critically, and how do I communicate this in my writing? Three advisors from the Academic Skills Centre will give you some top tips for acing the final hurdle of your postgraduate degree and tackle your dissertation questions.
Summer dissertation series
Bookings will be made available in 2026.
Summer 2026
Reference management tools for your dissertation
Wednesday 24 June 2026
Dissertation writing: systematic reviews
Wednesday 1 July 2026
Dissertation writing: primary research
Wednesday 8 July 2026
Dissertation writing: secondary research
Wednesday 22 July 2026
Communicating your research: formatting, visuals and data presentation
Wednesday 29 July 2026
Editing and proofreading your dissertation
Wednesday 19 August 2026