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ASK: Writing and Learning Workshops Tuesday 15 th January 3-4 pm Academic Writing Refresher Need a kickstart to get yourself on track for term 2? Come to this workshop for a quick refresher on everything you need to remember to write amazing essays. We’ll cover clarity, structure, style and more. ASK Workshop Room Wednesday 16 th January 4-5 pm Planning and Structuring your Assignments The key to a successful assignment is a clear structure that comes from careful planning. This workshop looks at structure from sentence to paragraph to the whole assignment. It looks at planning strategies helping to communicate ideas clearly & confidently in academic writing. Library Seminar Room Monday 21 st January 12-1 pm Academic Writing Refresher Need a kickstart to get yourself on track for term 2? Come to this workshop for a quick refresher on everything you need to remember to write amazing essays. We’ll cover clarity, structure, style and more. ASK Workshop Room Tuesday 22 nd January 3-5 pm Dissertation and Final Year Project Writing This workshop looks at dissertation writing from start to finish and gives helpful tips and resources on how to identify research questions, carry out research, structure the written report and stay focused and motivated. ASK Workshop Room Wednesday 23 rd January 4-6 pm Critical Thinking and Writing Arguments Most assignments require you to provide evidence of critical analysis. This workshop looks at how the principles of critical thinking will help inform your assignments and how to write effective argument. Library Seminar Room Wednesday 30 th January 4-5 pm Planning and Organising Your Research Are you surrounded by piles of articles and books? Not sure how to synthesise this together in your writing? This workshop looks at how to organise your reading, make connections and use your research to strengthen your arguments. It is aimed at those writing dissertations or final year projects or those who are worried about how to bring all their reading together. Library Seminar Room Thursday 31 st January 2:30-4 pm Writing a Literature Review As part of a dissertation you need to find and review the literature that exists on your topic and present a discussion on this in the form of a literature review. This workshop will look at how to plan, structure and write a great literature review. ASK Workshop Room Wednesday 6 th February 3-4 pm Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism This workshop will look at what plagiarism means and how to reference correctly to avoid it. We’ll focus mainly on Harvard referencing but information on other referencing styles will be available. Library Seminar Room Wednesday 6 th February 4-5 pm Integrating References with Sophistication Referencing is more than just following a referencing style. It is important to think about the evidence you include and how you write about it. This workshop looks at how to effectively integrate references within your writing. Library Seminar Room Thursday 7 th February 10-11 am Writing a Questionnaire for your Research This workshop looks at how to design and collect data using a questionnaire for your research project or dissertation. The first part will look at question logic, layout and practicalities and the second looks at how to analyse and present the data you collect. Workshop with activities. ASK Workshop Room You can view and book workshops online at www.brunel.ac.uk/ask-workshops (booking is not required). Drop in and speak to an advisor Mondays to Fridays 12-2 and Tuesdays 5-7.
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ASK
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Learnin
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Tuesday 15th January
3-4 pm Academic Writing Refresher
Need a kickstart to get yourself on track for term 2? Come to this workshop for a quick refresher on everything you need to remember to write amazing essays. We’ll cover clarity, structure, style and more.
ASK Workshop Room
Wednesday 16th January
4-5 pm Planning and Structuring your Assignments
The key to a successful assignment is a clear structure that comes from careful planning. This workshop looks at structure from sentence to paragraph to the whole assignment. It looks at planning strategies helping to communicate ideas clearly & confidently in academic writing.
Library Seminar Room
Monday 21st January
12-1 pm Academic Writing Refresher
Need a kickstart to get yourself on track for term 2? Come to this workshop for a quick refresher on everything you need to remember to write amazing essays. We’ll cover clarity, structure, style and more.
ASK Workshop Room
Tuesday 22nd January
3-5 pm Dissertation and Final Year Project Writing
This workshop looks at dissertation writing from start to finish and gives helpful tips and resources on how to identify research questions, carry out research, structure the written report and stay focused and motivated.
ASK Workshop Room
Wednesday 23rd January
4-6 pm Critical Thinking and Writing Arguments
Most assignments require you to provide evidence of critical analysis. This workshop looks at how the principles of critical thinking will help inform your assignments and how to write effective argument.
Library Seminar Room
Wednesday 30th January
4-5 pm Planning and Organising Your Research
Are you surrounded by piles of articles and books? Not sure how to synthesise this together in your writing? This workshop looks at how to organise your reading, make connections and use your research to strengthen your arguments. It is aimed at those writing dissertations or final year projects or those who are worried about how to bring all their reading together.
Library Seminar Room
Thursday 31st January
2:30-4 pm Writing a Literature Review
As part of a dissertation you need to find and review the literature that exists on your topic and present a discussion on this in the form of a literature review. This workshop will look at how to plan, structure and write a great literature review.
ASK Workshop Room
Wednesday 6th February
3-4 pm Referencing and Avoiding Plagiarism
This workshop will look at what plagiarism means and how to reference correctly to avoid it. We’ll focus mainly on Harvard referencing but information on other referencing styles will be available.
Library Seminar Room
Wednesday 6th February
4-5 pm Integrating References with Sophistication
Referencing is more than just following a referencing style. It is important to think about the evidence you include and how you write about it. This workshop looks at how to effectively integrate references within your writing.
Library Seminar Room
Thursday 7th February
10-11 am Writing a Questionnaire for your Research
This workshop looks at how to design and collect data using a questionnaire for your research project or dissertation. The first part will look at question logic, layout and practicalities and the second looks at how to analyse and present the data you collect. Workshop with activities.
ASK Workshop Room
You can view and book workshops online at www.brunel.ac.uk/ask-workshops (booking is not required). Drop in and speak to an advisor Mondays to Fridays 12-2 and Tuesdays 5-7.
ASK
: Writin
g and
Learnin
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rksho
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Wednesday 13th February
4-5 pm Writing a Literature Review
As part of a dissertation you need to find and review the literature that exists on your topic and present a discussion on this in the form of a literature review. This workshop will look at how to plan, structure and write a great literature review.
Library Seminar Room
Thursday 14th February
3-5 pm Team Building and Working in Groups
Group assignments and project work are unavoidable at University and in the workplace. Come to this session to learn about tools for evaluating team skills, managing performance, resolving conflict, reflection and learning from group work.
ASK Workshop Room
Wednesday 27th February
3-5 pm Idea Generation
This workshop covers some creative tools and lateral thinking techniques that support innovation and communication. They are multi-disciplinary and can be used in a range of situations from early stage design to dissertation – wherever new ideas are useful and free thinking is needed.
Library Seminar Room
Tuesday 5th March
3-4 pm Smart Editing and Proofreading
This workshop will provide you with the skills you need to polish your writing. We'll look at editing and proofreading strategies (and the difference between them).
ASK Workshop Room
Wednesday 6th March
10-4 Dissertation Writing Café This is an opportunity to work on your dissertation or final year project in an informal space, with ASK Advisers, tea, and biscuits on hand to sustain you! Drop in any time, no need to book a place.
ASK Workshop Room
Wednesday 13th March
3-4:30 pm Preparing for Exams This workshop looks at how to organise your material into manageable sections, strategies for processing and remembering your material and for designing a revision timetable.
Library Seminar Room
Tuesday 19th March
2.30-4 Writing Essays in Exams This workshop looks at how to prepare for and answer essay based exam questions. It will focus on how to memorise information, break down questions, write 'quick plans' and strategies for checking that you've answered the question.
ASK Workshop Room
You can view and book workshops online at www.brunel.ac.uk/ask-workshops (booking is not required). Drop in and speak to an advisor Mondays to Fridays 12-2 and Tuesdays 5-7.
