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Here we will discuss 4 key themes for better writing: Habits (developing good practice); Blocks (overcoming procrastination); Protect (ensure regular academic writing time); Social (writing with others).  This session aims to encapsulate these aspects and provide practical advice on how to write more productively. Hopefully, participants will also share across disciplines, their various strategies around these themes.

This live Teams session will cover they key aspects in planning, designing and delivering a presentation. We will discuss content but also, crucially, communication skills to ensure you present in a clear and impactful way e.g., confidence, tone, eye contact, body language, as well as how to engage with the audience...

The Repair What You Wear team are coordinating with the Green Library Group to offer mending workshops at The Sir Duncan Rice Library on 25 February and 8 April.Come along to learn practical hand sewing techniques and give your items of clothing a new lease of life. 

Staff and students are invited to experience Japanese culture on campus at a special screening of Bushido Sixteen, hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh. Before the film, members of Aberdeen Kendo Club will give a live demonstration of kendo, the traditional Japanese martial art based on swordsmanship. The...

Aberdeen and Beyond Storytelling Festival

In this interactive online (Teams) workshop we will examine the differences between writing a summary and writing a paraphrase. We will also consider the purposes and use of summaries and paraphrases in academic writing at PGR level.

Postgraduate researchers and early career academics are being invited to explore the wide-ranging opportunities available beyond university research at an upcoming online careers session. “Research Careers in Industry for PGRs and ECRs” will shine a light on the often-overlooked pathways available to researchers outside academia. Designed for postdoctoral staff, early career...

A free online workshop covering the essentials of starting a business. An hour long and tailored specifically for university founders.

At this University, we expect all students to undertake their research with integrity.  This session will provide you with an overview of academic integrity and discuss how this relates to your thesis. We will cover academic integrity, including plagiarism (and self-plagiarism); collusion; contract cheating; GenAI tools; and data falsification. You will...

This session will outline the importance of thinking critically at doctoral level. We will discuss what it means to think critically about your PhD and consider the following: What are my aims? What will be my contribution to my field of research? Why should someone in my field wish to read my...