- How to stand up and be heard
Date: 05 February 2020
Venue: Room 2D09 (Library), Glenside Campus
Workshop: Build your confidence in public speaking by exploring ideas and strategies which enable you to shift your attitude and approach to presentations. The workshop uses a non-threatening approach to enable students. You will not be asked to deliver a presentation.
- How to plan and structure your writing
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Room 4D24 (Library), Frenchay Campus
Workshop: Learn how to understand your assignment title and how to plan and structure an academic assignment.
- The Final Viva Examination - a workshop for UWE Postgraduate Researchers
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Room 3B043, B Block, Level 3, UWE Frenchay Campus
Essential advice from Dr Svetlana Cicmil on preparing for your final viva voce examination and the post-viva process, with plenty of opportunities to ask all those questions you've been wondering about concerning the final assessmentstage.
- How to improve your critical writing
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Room 4AF012, City Campus at Arnolfini
Learn how to build an argument and develop an appropriate 'voice'.
This will also be useful if you are undertaking postgraduate study or if you have been told that you need to be more critical in your writing.
- Feel Good - DeStress Fest
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: The Students' Union, Glenside Campus
Join Feel Good to relax at DeStress Fest! There will be free massages, mindful colouring, Play-Doh modelling, Lego building, herbal teas, healthy snacks, and more!
- How to reference and avoid plagiarism
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Room 2D09 (Library), Glenside Campus
Identify key reasons why citation and referencing are essential academic skills. Learn how the development of good study habits, such as note making, paraphrasing and referencing, can ensure that you avoid plagiarism.
- Wellbeing Reading Groups
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Level 2, Library, Frenchay Campus
Frenchay Library holds reading groups every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-12:55 in the main foyer of Level 2.
- Placement Week: CV workshop with NMI
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: 4E18, E Block, Frenchay Campus
Did you know that employers spend on average 7-10 seconds looking at a candidate's CV? Attend this workshop to learn about the different types of CV, so that you can decide which will be the best one for you. We will also go through our top tips to make your CV stand out to employers.
- Wellbeing Reading Groups
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Level 2, Library, Frenchay Campus
Frenchay Library holds reading groups every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:00-12:55 in the main foyer of Level 2.
- Library disability support drop-in session
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Room 2D90, Library, Frenchay campus
Drop in to Frenchay Library to chat with a member of the library disability support team. We can talk to you about a range of additional library services available to help you with your studies.
- Placement Week: Careers Essentials Workshop: How to build an effective LinkedIn profile (stage 1)
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: 2D11 (E-Zone - Vacancy Plus Desk), D Block, Frenchay Campus
This a practical, step by step guide, on how to build an effective profile on LinkedIn. If you are unsure about how to set up a profile, or you have a very limited profile you would like to improve upon, then this is the workshop for you.
- Placement Week: Placement Drop-In (E-Zone)
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: 2D11 (E-Zone), D Block, Frenchay Campus
Are you planning on doing a sandwich placement in 2020/21? Or do you need to do a placement as part of a module this year and want a bit of help finding one? Pop along and see us for information on what it involves, whether you're eligible to do a placement and how to start your search.
- Placement Week: Employer skills session
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: 4E18, E Block, Frenchay Campus
Did you know that employers spend on average 7-10 seconds looking at a candidate's CV? Attend this workshop to learn about the different types of CV, so that you can decide which will be the best one for you. We will also go through our top tips to make your CV stand out to employers.
- Placement Week: Researching a company for a placement
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: 4D29 (Library), D Block, Frenchay Campus
Do you need to identify organisations for placements? Are you a student who has a job or placement interview soon or in the future? Then this is the session to help you!
- Student Writing Workshop: Edit your own work!
Date: 06 February 2020
Venue: Room 4D24 (Library), Frenchay campus
This workshop will clarify the difference between reviewing, editing and proofreading. You will practise some techniques which should help you to recognise any weaknesses in your writing.
