Webinars: Library, Academic and Digital skills

This webinar will cover: 

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

Please note 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 and contact Robert Kennedy College Student Care for support with academic writing and referencing.  

Please use the link below to book a place on this webinar, and click on Select a Date to see the available dates.  

Click here to book your place

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:

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

Please note 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 and contact Robert Kennedy College Student Care for support with academic writing and referencing. 

Please use the link below to book a place on this webinar, and click on Select a Date to see the available dates. 

Academic Writing Webinars

You can also access our writing at university page for further support and view our videos about writing at your level:
Level 4

Level 5

Level 6

Level 7 

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

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 and contact Robert Kennedy College Student Care for support with academic writing and referencing. 

Please use the link below to book a place on this webinar, and click on Select A Date to see the dates available. 

Referencing with Cite Them Right webinars

This webinar will cover:

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

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 use the link below to book a place on this webinar, and click on Select A Date to see the dates available. 

Searching Skills webinars 

Refworks is a reference mangement tool similar to Endnote.  This webinar will cover:

• What Refworks does
• Creating an account
• Importing references
• Creating a reference list

You can find out more about Refworks and access an introductory guide and videos by visiting our Refworks page.

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 and contact Robert Kennedy College Student Care for support with academic writing and referencing. 

Click here to book your place

This webinar will cover:

• Time management tips and strategies
• Avoiding procrastination
• Being productive
• Maintaining wellbeing

Before you join the webinar, you can also access our studying at home page for further support. Watch the organising your study video and access the Learn Well at Cumbria page for related information. 

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 and contact Robert Kennedy College Student Care for support with academic writing and referencing. 

Please use the link below to book a place on this webinar, and click on Select a Date to see the available dates. 

Maintaining Momentum

Welcome to our Let's get digital webinar series which will be available throughout the year. Sessions will be delivered through Microsoft Teams (unless stated otherwise).

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

Available sessions:

We are currently reviewing this offering and will return a full schedule shortly.

In the meantime, please submit any queries or support requests through the Student Enquiry Point.