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Skillsfor Learning workshops are interactive group sessions that can help you improve your academic communication, statistical analysis, IT, referencing and study skills. Each workshop develops a specific area of your academic skills. You can expect a mixture of activities, peer learning and expert advice from Academic Skills Tutors. Come along, take part in the activities, share your ideas and develop your academic skills in the process.

You will receive a recording of any workshop you register for, so please do sign up even if you are unavailable when the session runs. You can also request recordings of previous workshops from Skills.fo...@leedsbeckett.ac.uk.

This workshop is suitable for third-year students and postgraduates who are looking to take their academic writing skills to the next level. The session will focus on striking a balance between complexity and clarity in your academic writing, looking in detail at the planning, drafting and editing stages of the writing process, as well as how to incorporate critical thinking into your work.

Good critical thinking skills are essential to academic success at university. This interactive workshop focuses on those skills in detail. It examines the differences between descriptive writing and critical writing and offers students an opportunity to improve criticality in a writing activity.

This workshop will be particularly useful for final-year undergraduates, but will also interest those at other levels looking ahead to their dissertation or major independent study. The session, which includes practical activities and peer learning, will focus on the function, structure, language and style of dissertations. In particular, it will encourage you to think deeply about your own dissertation project and reflect on the processes of writing and research. Come prepared to talk about your own project and discuss your thoughts with others.

In this session you will develop a strategy to help you focus that can be applied to your university studies. Initially, we will define what multitasking is and consider how we use it. Then, we will set out and apply a method for supporting concentration during studies sessions, using a series of exercises and discussions to explore how managing environmental factors can improve your effectiveness.

This interactive workshop will help you understand the role of the literature review in academic writing. Discover strategies for collating your research and planning the structure of your work. Guidance will also be offered on how to read and write critically for your literature review.

Many students are required to deliver a presentation at some point during their studies - whether it's as part of a group or individually, assessed or unassessed. In this workshop, we will look at examples of presentations and discuss what works. We will also cover: preparing for the presentation, planning content, creating effective slides and delivering with confidence.

In this workshop you will learn how to cite and reference using Leeds Beckett's version of Harvard for books, articles, websites and other sources you might use in your assignments. Please note: this workshop is not suitable for Law students, who use OSCOLA, or Psychology students, who use APA.

This interactive workshop is for students completing reflective writing assignments as part of their degree courses. Learn how to combine your experiences and ideas with your wider subject knowledge to produce reflections that demonstrate critical thinking skills. You will be introduced to various models of reflection to help you to structure your writing. You will also have the opportunity to practise academic reflective writing during the workshop.

This interactive workshop focuses on the skills you will use to write reports at university. The workshop will cover the following key areas: purpose, structure, language and critical analysis. Detailed guidance will be provided on the information required to complete a report. In addition, interactive activities will enable you to apply your learning.

This interactive workshop will focus on improving your academic writing and on learning more about the research process. You will learn to recognise different voices in academic texts and be more confident in expressing your own voice in writing. You will assess your knowledge of the key aspects of independent research projects and be signposted to useful resources which you can refer to throughout your course. This workshop is designed for students on taught postgraduate courses. Those on MRes and PhD programmes should consult the Research Training Programme, which is accessible via SAM.

This interactive workshop provides guidance on effective writing at university level. Learn how to improve your formality and style, develop methods for thinking objectively, and understand how to structure your work.

This is a drop-in session for students with any short Academic English questions. An English Language specialist will be available to answer any questions. This could include developing your skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) or knowledge (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and discourse).

This is a drop-in session for students with any short academic skills-related queries. An Academic Skills Tutor will be on hand throughout to answer general questions about how to approach university assignments.

This workshop covers formatting your dissertations in Microsoft Word including setting line spacing and margins, inserting page breaks and section breaks, adding heading styles, inserting table of contents, inserting captions, creating list of tables, figures, or images, and tidying up your document.

This workshop covers the basics of using Excel including how to enter, edit, and format text or data, use formulas and apply commonly used functions such as Sum, Min, Max and Average. The workshop also covers relative and absolute cell references, sorting data, and applying conditional formatting to the data. Suitable for beginners.

SPSS is a powerful computer program widely used in the academic community for doing advanced statistical analysis of data for research and other projects. This workshop will introduce you to using SPSS for your own statistical analysis.

This mini-workshop is aimed at new students and those seeking to refresh their knowledge. Discover new tips and strategies for taking notes from your academic reading. The workshop will begin with a 5-10 min introduction to the topic. The remainder of the workshop will take a Q&A format, where skills tutors will be on hand to answer your questions on the topic. Finally, you will receive information about how to access further academic skills support after the workshop.

This mini-workshop is aimed at new students and those seeking to refresh their knowledge. If you need some advice on how to approach the reading for your course, this is the session for you! The workshop will begin with a 5-10 min introduction to the topic. The remainder of the workshop will take a Q&A format, where skills tutors will be on hand to answer your questions on the topic. Finally, you will receive information about how to access further academic skills support after the workshop.

These sessions use a flipped-learning approach to help maximise your learning. Before you attend the session, you must work through the videos, noting down any questions or challenges you come across along the way. Please attend the drop-in with a specific assignment or issue in mind.

The Study Caf is a chance for you to focus on your own work in a friendly environment. You will come together with peers, experiencing a supportive atmosphere in the virtual classroom. An Academic Skills Tutor will be on hand throughout to guide the session. You will be led through a series of 25-minute work periods, with opportunities in between to chat and share study tips with one another. All are welcome!

Zotero Bib is a simple citation and bibliography generator, while Zotero Library is a complete research assistant: you can use it to save items like PDFs, books, video etc., and it connects with Word so you can cite while you write your assignment. The workshop includes an overview of both products to help you decide which might suit you; it is suitable for any level of study that requires the use of Leeds Beckett Harvard, APA or OSCOLA.

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