Webinars: Library and Academic skills

This webinar will cover:

• Structuring your work
• What should be in a paragraph
• Using literature in your work
• Academic writing style
• Before you submit

Please click on the date below  to book a place on this webinar. 

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder one hour before the start of the webinar. 

To watch a recording of the key points of this webinar, click here.

You can also access our Writing at University page for further support and view our videos about writing at your level:

This webinar will cover:

• Techniques to fully understand assignment tasks
• Creating your assignment lay out
• Building a plan for your research/reading

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

Please note that this session would be understood better, if students could also sign up for the Strategies for Research, the Reading Process and Organising Notes webinar and the Creating Effective Paragraphs, Using Evidence, Paraphrasing and Referencing webinar.  However, you may not be available to sign up for all three, so register for the ones that you can make, and we will do our best to review the key points of the sessions that have been given previously.

Further advice and tips are available to visit at any time on our  Writing at University page and Quick guide to Academic writing. This page includes a short interactive session about planning your assignments, which can also be found here.   

The content of this webinar will be:

• Short review of the key points surrounding using briefs to structure the assignment and research
• Techniques for saving time when locating and reading relevant texts
• Strategies to aid effective and efficient notetaking

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

Please note that this session would be understood better, if students could also sign up for the Techniques for Figuring Out Assignment Briefs and Planning webinar and the Creating Effective Paragraphs, Using Evidence, Paraphrasing and Referencing webinar.  However, you may not be available to sign up for all three, so register for the ones that you can make, and we will do our best to review the key points of the sessions that have been given previously.

Further advice and tips are available to visit at any time on our Reading and Notetaking page. Our Finding Information page may also be useful in helping with your research and reading process.  

The content of this webinar will be:

• Identifying key principles of effective paragraph writing
• Clarifying the difference between types of evidence, their rules and how to use them correctly in your writing
• Demystifying and simplifying referencing

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

Please note that this session would be understood better, if students could also sign up for the Techniques for Figuring Out Assignment Briefs and Planning webinar and the Strategies for Research, the Reading Process and Organising Notes webinar.  However, you may not be available to sign up for all three, so register for the ones that you can make, and we will do our best to review the key points of the sessions that have been given previously.

Further advice and tips are available to visit at any time on our Writing at University page, which includes the Quick guide to Academic writing. We also have Essay Structure, Introduction,  Paragraph and Conclusion templates that may be useful for you.  Further useful resources include: the Reverse Outline, which helps check for flow and Signposting, which supports you with your academic tone.  

This webinar will cover: 

• Being a critical thinker 
• Critically engaging with reading at university 
• Critical writing in assignments 
• Being a critically reflective practitioner 

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.. 

Further advice and tips are available to visit at any time on our Being Critical page. Access our Head Start page for information about Head Start Plus for students working at level six and Head Start to Postgraduate Study for those working at level 7.  

This webinar will cover:

• Beginning your research
• Search strategies
• OneSearch and advanced searching
• Finding subject specific resources

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar. 

This webinar will cover:

• Being concise
• Developing precision with language
• Using measured and cautious language
• Distinguishing between formal and informal expressions

To find out more about academic writing style visit our writing at university and spelling and grammar page. 

You can also watch a video of this webinar.  

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

Honing your Academic Style: TBC

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

Delivered by the Skills@Cumbria and Wellbeing Team this webinar will cover:

• Understanding academic stress
• Strategies to manage stress
• Tips to stay on top of your studies

Rest assured, our webinars take place within the Live Well Learn Well community, ensuring a supportive, anonymous and constructive environment for everyone involved.  

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

Delivered by the Mental Health and Wellbeing Team and Skills@Cumbria, the content of this 45 minute webinar will be:

• What is procrastination?
• Why do we procrastinate?
• Tackling procrastination and managing your time

This is a safe confidential space and participation can be anonymous.

Find out more about managing your time on our dedicated page. To learn more about procrastination visit TogetherAll. 

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

This webinar will cover:

• Why do we reference at university?
• Creating in-text citations
• Writing your reference list
• Using the Cite Them Right ebook and Quick Guide to referencing

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

RefWorks is a reference management tool similar to Endnote.  This webinar will cover:

• What RefWorks does
• Creating an account
• Importing references
• Creating a reference list
• Using within Word

You can find out more about Refworks and access an introductory guide and videos by visiting our RefWorks page.  There is also a short Introduction to RefWorks video and a video on Using the Reference Citation Manager in Word.

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.

Join the Skills@Cumbria Team for a focused student writing retreat. This is a great opportunity to make progress on your own writing goals before submission. Open to all students but especially useful for those working towards dissertation or independent research. The workshop will use the Pomodoro Technique to guide independent writing but offer the support of a study group.

• Set a SMART goal for your study
• Guided use of the Pomodoro Technique to make progress on your own work
• Regular breaks to support successful study 
• Study as part of a community online
• Reflect on progress made

Learn more about the Pomodoro Technique in our video. 

These webinars are designed for students studying at the University of Cumbria. Students from partner colleges are encouraged to contact their own institutions for academic skills advice and guidance. If you are a Robert Kennedy College student please access your resource page for your courses.

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar.

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address within 24 hours of the start time.

Writing at level 7: this webinar is aimed at students either new to writing at level 7 or those who are looking for a refresher.

It will cover:
brief refresher of foundational writing skills;
critical thinking and being a critically reflective practitioner;
writing at level 7

Learn more about writing at Level 7 in our Headstart to Postgraduate course. 

Please click on the date below to book a place on this webinar

A link to the webinar will be sent to your University of Cumbria email address at the time of booking, plus a reminder will be sent one hour before the start of the webinar.