What is this topic about?

Your assessments will vary by programme and subject studied, ranging from traditional essays to exams, posters, podcasts, or presentations. When approaching an assessment, it’s essential to manage your time, resources, and environment for productivity.

These resources will help you discover your unique learning style and provide practical advice on writing effective answers to assessment questions.

Workshops

Approaching Assignments

This workshop provides you with an overview of how to prepare and submit your assignments, including planning ahead to get your assignment completed on time. we also consider some of the challenges that you might face during your studies and how to overcome them.

After this session you may want to attend: Developing Your Academic Voice 

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Generating Ideas (Getting Started)

This workshop will guide you through techniques and approaches to creative and original thinking, covering techniques like mind-mapping, discussion, free-writing, and other reflective practices to unlock your ideas for your assignments. 

After this session you may want to attend: Reflective Writing, Understanding the Assignment 

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Presentation Skills

This interactive workshop will take you through the basics of using Microsoft PowerPoint within your work, providing hints and tips for making the most of the software in creating and delivering presentations. 

After this session you may want to attend: Generating Ideas, Time Management, Notetaking 

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Proof-Reading

This workshop is designed to help you with the last stages of completing your assignments. It aims to walk you through the process of proofreading your own work, providing you with some hints and tips to improve your proofreading ability. 

After this session you may want to attend: Harvard/APA/OSCOLA Referencing Paraphrasing, A Guide to Synthesis 

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Reversing the Outline - How to edit your existing work

Before joining this workshop, you will need to choose an existing piece of work to edit, either a draft or a resubmission paper. You will then learn how to break down the work into paragraphs; carefully consider relevancy to the question; identify problems and themes; cut unnecessary parts and rearrange the whole piece together in an improved form. 

After this session you may want to attend: Harvard/APA/OSCOLA Referencing, Proofreading 

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Understanding the Assignment

In this workshop, we will look at ways to break down assignment questions to develop understanding and take time to practise the skills you need to start drafting clear and original responses to assignment questions.

After this session you may want to attend: Approaching Assignments, An Introduction to Critical Thinking

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Time Management

Always leaving your assignments to the last minute? Don't know how to effectively plan your assignments? This Time Management workshop will provide you with the tools you need to stay on track and meet your deadlines. 

After this session you may want to attend: Approaching Assignments 

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Resources

Mini Modules
Introduction to Academic Writing Mini-Module
Mini Modules
Critical Thinking Mini-Module
Mini Modules
Reading and Note-taking Mini-Module
Mini Modules
Exams and Assessment Skills Mini-Module

Videos

How to read academically and take notes
How to manage your time
How to find assessment information on iLearn
What is a learning outcome?
How to use the word count to structure assignments
How to break down your assignment question
What is feedback and why do you get it?
How to work with your feedback