Developing your skills for Postgraduate study
A series of workshops for postgraduate taught (PGT) students.
Dissertation writing: secondary research
Wednesday 9 July 14:00-15:30 (UK time)
Online
This workshop, for postgraduate students whose dissertation is based on secondary research, will cover introductions, conclusions, literature reviewing and structure. There will be time at the end for a Q&A.
Book online
Dissertation writing: primary research
Wednesday 23 July 14:00-15:30 (UK time)
Online
This workshop, for postgraduate students whose dissertation is based on primary research, will cover introductions, conclusions, literature reviewing, communicating methods and results, plus making sure your discussion is analytical and critical. There will be time at the end for a Q&A.
Book online
Editing and proofreading your dissertation
Wednesday 20 August 10:30-12 noon (UK time)
In-person, Main Library Training Room, Fourth floor, Main Library
If you’d like some practical advice and hands-on support with the final stages of perfecting your dissertation, join us in the Academic Skills Centre for a friendly, in-person session – including refreshments and sweet treats to power you over the finish line!
Fully Booked
Covidence training sessions
Are you doing a systematic review this summer?
Over the next few weeks, Libraries and Learning Resources are hosting several 1-hour webinars to help you get the most out of Covidence. Covidence is likely to be helpful to postgraduate (taught and research) students whose research include a systematic (or other type of) review. These sessions, provided by Covidence’s training team, will cover the basics of getting started with Covidence (Covidence 101), Importing and Screening and Data Extraction. The sessions, more information and links to book are as follows:
- Covidence 101 (Introductory overview of Covidence) - Tuesday 15th July, 12:30-13:30 BST - Register Here
- Screening Title & Abstract, and Full Text, using Covidence - Thursday 17th July, 10:00-11:00 BST - Register Here
- Data Extraction 1 in Covidence (for those working on intervention reviews) - Tuesday 22nd July, 12:00-13:00 BST - Register Here
- Data Extraction 2 in Covidence (for non-intervention/all other review types) - Thursday 24th July, 10:00-11:00 BST - Register Here
Other workshops
Birmingham Scholars
The ASC run workshops for Birmingham Scholars. If you are a Birmingham Scholar you will have access to the following Canvas course and will be able to find information about our workshops.
Students in Dubai
The ASC are running several workshops for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Dubai. These workshops are for students studying in Dubai.