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Study Skills Workshops for AY25/26 Term 1: Week by Week

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Venue: Online

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Workshops are generally conducted online via MS Teams. Each workshop is usually repeated several times throughout the term, so a range of dates and timings are available. You can also view the Academic English workshops separately here, and Maths workshops separately here. Recordings and resources are also available on the Study Skills Moodle. Further information on subject-specific tutors and resources may be viewed here.

Week 1 (29 Sept, Mon - 4 Oct, Sat)

  • 01 Oct, Wed: Zotero for managing references - a live, online demonstration (click to book)

Week 2 (6 Oct, Mon - 11 Oct, Sat)

  • 06 Oct, Mon: Fractions (click to book)
  • 06 Oct, Mon: Academic Reading, Lectures and Note-taking Techniques (click to book)
  • 07 Oct, Tue: Zotero for managing references - a live, online demonstration (click to book)
  • 08 Oct, Wed: Writing skills: Essay and assignment writing (click to book)
  • 08 Oct, Wed: Critical Thinking for University (click to book)
  • 08 Oct, Wed: Percentages (click to book)
  • 10 Oct, Fri: Working with Negative Numbers (click to book)
  • 10 Oct, Fri: What is academic English? (click to book)
  • 09 Oct, Thu: Using Generative AI in your writing - the do's and don'ts at Birkbeck (click to book)
  • 10 Oct, Fri: Referencing for beginners (click to book)

Week 3 (13 Oct, Mon - 18 Oct, Sat)

  • 13 Oct, Mon: Summarising, paraphrasing and quoting effectively (click to book)
  • 13 Oct, Mon: Algebra 1 - Collecting Like Terms (click to book)
  • 14 Oct, Tue: Presenting with confidence (click to book)
  • 14 Oct, Tue: Writing skills: Structure - organising your assignment (click to book)
  • 15 Oct, Wed: Algebra 2 - Factorizing (click to book)
  • 15 Oct, Wed: Critical thinking - building and evaluating academic argument (click to book)
  • 17 Oct, Fri: What kind of source is it, and why does it matter? (click to book)
  • 17 Oct, Fri: Academic Vocabulary (click to book)
  • 17 Oct, Fri: Algebra 3 - Rearranging formulae (click to book)
  • 18 Oct, Sat: Writing skills: Essay and assignment writing (click to book)

Week 4 - Avoiding Plagiarism Week (20 Oct, Mon - 25 Oct, Sat)

  • 20 Oct, Mon: Writing skills: Academic referencing and avoiding plagiarism (click to book)
  • 20 Oct, Mon: Academic Reading, Lectures and Note-taking Techniques (click to book)
  • 21 Oct, Tue: Solving Linear Equations (click to book)
  • 22 Oct, Wed: Writing skills: Academic referencing and avoiding plagiarism (click to book)
  • 22 Oct, Wed: What is an appropriate source? (click to book)
  • 22 Oct, Wed: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarism (click to book)
  • 23 Oct, Thu: Solving Quadratic Equations (click to book)
  • 21 Oct, Tue: Zotero for managing references (click to book)
  • 23 Oct, Thu: Working with other students in groups (click to book)
  • 24 Oct, Fri: How to do Harvard referencing (click to book)
  • 24 Oct, Fri: Presentation and seminars (click to book)
  • 25 Oct, Sat: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Avoiding Plagiarism (click to book)

Week 5 (27 Oct, Mon - 1 Nov, Sat)

  • 27 Oct, Mon: Study skills: Mind mapping for exam revision (click to book)
  • 27 Oct, Mon: Critical Thinking for University (click to book)
  • 27 Oct, Mon: Solving Systems of Linear Equations (click to book)
  • 29 Oct, Wed: Analysing the question (click to book)
  • 29 Oct, Wed: Solving Systems with Non-Linear Equations (click to book)
  • 29 Oct, Wed: Academic Reading, Lectures and Note-taking Techniques (click to book)
  • 29 Oct, Wed: Writing skills: Structure - organising your assignment (click to book)
  • 30 Oct, Thu: Presenting with confidence (click to book)
  • 30 Oct, Thu: Using Generative AI in your writing - the do's and don'ts at Birkbeck (click to book)
  • 31 Oct, Fri: Objectivity in academic writing (click to book)
  • 01 Nov, Sat: Study Skills: Procrastination, perfectionism and prioritisation (click to book)

Week 6 (3 Nov, Mon - 8 Nov, Sat)

  • 03 Nov, Mon: Navigating the Coordinate System (click to book)
  • 05 Nov, Wed: Plotting Linear Functions (click to book)
  • 07 Nov, Fri: Plotting Non-Linear Functions (click to book)
  • 05 Nov, Wed: Summarising, paraphrasing and quoting effectively (click to book)
  • 06 Nov, Thu: Taking Part in Classroom Discussions (click to book)
  • 07 Nov, Fri: Academic English: Structure in essay writing (click to book)
  • 08 Nov, Sat: Academic English Intensive Saturday Workshop: Part 1  (click to book)
  • 08 Nov, Sat: Writing skills: Essay and assignment writing (click to book)
  • 08 Nov, Sat: Writing skills: Academic referencing and avoiding plagiarism (click to book)

Week 7 (10 Nov, Mon - 15 Nov, Sat)

  • 10 Nov, Mon: Academic reading, Lectures and note-taking techniques (click to book)
  • 10 Nov, Mon: Time Management and Organising Your Studies (click to book)
  • 10 Nov, Mon: Working with Exponents (click to book)
  • 12 Nov, Wed: A beginner's guide to essay writing (click to book)
  • 12 Nov, Wed: Critical thinking - building and evaluating academic argument (click to book)
  • 12 Nov, Wed: From disappointment to determination: Achieving success despite disappointing grades (click to book)
  • 13 Nov, Thu: Working with Logarithms (click to book)
  • 14 Nov, Fri: Zotero for managing references (click to book)
  • 14 Nov, Fri: Reading & Writing Critically (click to book)
  • 15 Nov, Sat: Writing skills:  Structure - organising your assignment (click to book)
  • 15 Nov, Sat: Study skills: Mind mapping for exam revision (click to book)

Week 8 (17 Nov, Mon - 22 Nov, Sat)

  • 17 Nov, Mon: Writing Skills: Structure - Organising Your Assignment (click to book)
  • 17 Nov, Mon: Writing skills: Essay and Assignment writing (click to book)
  • 18 Nov, Tue: How to boost classroom interactions (click to book)
  • 19 Nov, Wed: Study Skills: Exams and revision strategies (click to book)
  • 19 Nov, Wed: Academic Reading, Lectures and Note-taking Techniques (click to book)
  • 21 Nov, Fri: Presenting with confidence (click to book)
  • 21 Nov, Fri: How to do MHRA referencing (click to book)
  • 17 Nov, Mon: Basic differentiation (click to book)
  • 19 Nov, Wed: Advanced Differentiation 1 - Product, Quotient and Chain rules (click to book)
  • 21 Nov, Fri: Advanced Differentiation 2 - Differentiating exponential and logarithmic functions (click to book)
  • 21 Nov, Fri: Academic English: Paraphrasing Skills (click to book)
  • 22 Nov, Sat: Critical Thinking for University (click to book)
  • 22 Nov, Sat: From disappointment to determination: Achieving success despite disappointing grades (click to book)
  • 22 Nov, Sat: Academic English Intensive Saturday Workshop 2 (click to book)

Week 9 (24 Nov, Mon - 29 Nov, Sat)

  • 24 Nov, Mon: Study Skills: Exams and revision strategies (click to book)
  • 24 Nov, Mon: Study skills: Mind mapping for exam revision (click to book)
  • 26 Nov, Wed: Writing skills: Essay and assignment writing (click to book)
  • 26 Nov, Wed: Critical writing (click to book)
  • 26 Nov, Wed: Study Skills: Exams and revision strategies (click to book)
  • 27 Nov, Thu: Study Skills: Using Generative AI in your writing - the do's and don'ts at Birkbeck (click to book)
  • 28 Nov, Fri: Academic English: Rhetorical devices in essays and referencing skills (click to book)
  • 29 Nov, Sat: Critical thinking - building and evaluating academic argument (click to book)
  • 29 Nov, Sat: Study Skills: Procrastination, perfectionism and prioritisation (click to book)

Week 10 (1 Dec, Mon - 6 Dec, Sat)

  • 01 Dec, Mon: Study skills: Mind mapping for exam revision (click to book)
  • 01 Dec, Mon: Academic Reading, Lectures and Note-taking Techniques (click to book)
  • 02 Dec, Tue: Writing skills: Essay and assignment writing (click to book)
  • 02 Dec, Tue: Working with other students in groups (click to book)
  • 03 Dec, Wed: Study Skills: Time Management and Organising Your Studies (click to book)
  • 03 Dec, Wed: Constructing arguments in your essays and assignments (click to book)
  • 03 Dec, Wed: Summarising, paraphrasing and quoting effectively (click to book)
  • 05 Dec, Fri: Academic English: Academic Genres (click to book)
  • 06 Dec, Sat: From disappointment to determination: Achieving success despite disappointing grades (click to book)

Week 11 (8 Dec, Mon - 13 Dec, Sat)

  • 08 Dec, Mon: Study Skills: Procrastination, perfectionism and prioritisation (click to book)
  • 09 Dec, Tue: Taking part in classroom discussions (click to book)
  • 12 Dec, Fri: Academic English: A review of academic language (click to book)

Contact name: Study Skills Team

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