We offer a wide range of courses and workshops for every skill that you could need to succeed at university; from writing the perfect essay, to presenting or mastering those digital skills.
Here you can explore the live courses and workshops the Centre for Academic Success has to offer over the next couple of weeks. This page will constantly be updating with new sessions listed throughout the term.
Starting university is an exciting experience, but can also be challenging. This workshop explains how to succeed as an undergraduate. It introduces the varied teaching, learning and assignment types you will encounter, and shows how to engage with them to maximise your academic success.
Singleton Campus
Monday 30th September 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
study skills
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Do your presentations engage your audience? Come along to our hands-on slide design workshop and discover top tips to make the most of Microsoft PowerPoint. Create better looking presentations and avoid the basic errors that cause your audience to switch off.
Online by Zoom
Monday 30th September 2024
10:00 - 12:00 BST
digital skills, PowerPoint, slide design
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This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.
Singleton Campus
Monday 30th September 2024 (Session 1 of 10)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
writing, grammar
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Postgraduate study is a great opportunity to learn new skills and gain in-depth subject knowledge, but it can be a daunting step-up from an undergraduate degree. This workshop explains how to make the transition to successful postgraduate work.
Singleton Campus
Tuesday 1st October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
new skills, in-depth knowledge, postgraduate research
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Postgraduate study is a great opportunity to learn new skills and gain in-depth subject knowledge, but it can be a daunting step-up from an undergraduate degree. This workshop explains how to make the transition to successful postgraduate work.
Bay Campus
Tuesday 1st October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
new skills, in-depth knowledge, postgraduate research
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The course is designed for students whose first language is not English. It will allow you to practise different English sounds and sentence stresses, to make your speech more fluent and natural and help you be better understood.
Bay Campus
Tuesday 1st October 2024 (Session 1 of 8)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
English pronunciation, English sounds, sentence stress
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This workshop explores matrices and their order, addition and subtraction of matrices, multiplication of a matrix with a scalar, identity and zero matrix, laws for the basic operations on matrices, and the transpose of a matrix.
Online via Zoom
Tuesday 1st October 2024
12:00 - 13:00 BST
The course is designed for students whose first language is not English. It will allow you to practise different English sounds and sentence stresses, to make your speech more fluent and natural and help you be better understood.
Singleton Campus
Tuesday 1st October 2024 (Session 1 of 8)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
English pronunciation, English sounds, sentence stress
Sign up to this 8 week course
Starting university is an exciting experience, but can also be challenging. This workshop explains how to succeed as an undergraduate. It introduces the varied teaching, learning and assignment types you will encounter, and shows how to engage with them to maximise your academic success.
Bay Campus
Tuesday 1st October 2024
14:00 - 15:00 BST
study skills
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This workshop provides a basic introduction to statistical analysis of quantitative data, introducing data analysis and hypothesis testing: We will talk about the concept of Hypothesis testing, and the reason why this is an essential tool for performing our analyses.
Online via Zoom
Tuesday 1st October 2024
15:00 - 16:00 BST
This workshop is a beginners guide to writing documents in LaTeX using Overleaf. No prior knowledge is needed for this workshop or any other computing language, it will cover the basics of LaTeX including document structure, typesetting text, tables, figures, equations and Inserting references.
Online by Zoom
Tuesday 1st October 2024
16:00 - 17:00 BST
This academic integrity workshop explains how to avoid plagiarism, prevent collusion and steer clear of commissioning and exam regulation breaches. It will equip you with the tools and knowledge to excel honestly in your academic writing.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
academic integrity, academic misconduct
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This workshop explores matrices and their order, addition and subtraction of matrices, multiplication of a matrix with a scalar, identity and zero matrix, laws for the basic operations on matrices, and the transpose of a matrix.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
12:00 - 13:00 BST
This is a course for students whose first language is not English. It will improve your basic grammar before you write your assignments. This course covers key areas of English grammar such as the use of active/passive voice and basic sentence structures to improve written accuracy.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (Session 1 of 10)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
writing, grammar
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This workshop provides a basic introduction to statistical analysis of quantitative data, introducing data analysis and hypothesis testing: We will talk about the concept of Hypothesis testing, and the reason why this is an essential tool for performing our analyses.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
14:00 - 15:00 BST
This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.
Bay Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (Session 1 of 10)
14:00 - 15:00 BST
writing, grammar
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Ever lose a file or struggle with version control? This workshop explains how to set up your student OneDrive for efficient file management, so you can access, organise and amend your files from any device.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
14:00 - 15:00 BST
digital skills, OneDrive, file management
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Discover the science behind how our brains learn, and how to apply simple techniques to help maximise your study potential in coursework and exams.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
14:00 - 16:00 BST
study skills, revision
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Learn the key elements of a professional email. This workshop also covers how to prioritise the emails you receive, manage events in your calendar, create a to-do list and share files in different ways.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
15:00 - 16:00 BST
digital skills, Outlook, emails, calendar, to-do lists
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Talk Club is somewhere for international students to meet and chat with fellow students in a semi-structured and supportive environment. This is a chance to improve your communication skills and build your confidence. Come along and join us!
Bay Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (Session 1 of 10)
15:00 - 16:00 BST
oral communication, speaking with confidence
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Using given datasets, you will be asked to formulate a hypothesis, pick statistical tests and interpret results. We will be working in the programme R and students are encouraged to follow along. The statistical analysis will include some common analyses such as t-test, chi-squared and correlation analysis.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024
15:00 - 16:00 BST
Critical thinking is a key skill at university. But why is it so valued, and how do we practise and present it? In this practical workshop we will identify and analyse the crucial elements of critical thinking in order to improve your written arguments.
Singleton Campus
Thursday 3rd October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
critical thinking, arguments, evaluation
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Critical thinking is a key skill at university. But why is it so valued, and how do we practise and present it? In this practical workshop we will identify and analyse the crucial elements of critical thinking in order to improve your written arguments.
Bay Campus
Thursday 3rd October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
critical thinking, arguments, evaluation
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This academic integrity workshop explains how to avoid plagiarism, prevent collusion and steer clear of commissioning and exam regulation breaches. It will equip you with the tools and knowledge to excel honestly in your academic writing.
Bay Campus
Thursday 3rd October 2024
11:00 - 12:00 BST
academic integrity, academic misconduct
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Mathematical expressions are numbers, operators and symbols grouped to 'express' or 'show' a value. Once you understand manipulating expressions principles, you can factorise and simplify expressions. This workshop explores collecting like terms, expanding brackets, factorizing quadratic expressions and dealing with algebraic fractions.
Bay Campus
Thursday 3rd October 2024
12:00 - 13:00 BST
This course will introduce you to different strategies to improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension. You will learn ways to improve your reading in English, using academic and news text sources.
Bay Campus
Thursday 3rd October 2024 (Session 1 of 5)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
study skills, english language support, academic reading
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This course will introduce you to different strategies to improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension. You will learn ways to improve your reading in English, using academic and news text sources.
Singleton Campus
Thursday 3rd October 2024 (Session 1 of 5)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
study skills, english language support, academic reading
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A knowledge of indices is essential for an understanding of most algebraic processes. In this workshop, we will learn about powers and rules for manipulating them. Furthermore, we will explore logarithms and exponentials.
Bay Campus
Thursday 3rd October 2024
13:00 - 14:00 BST
Want to find an efficient way to process your data? Learn how to sort and label large quantities of information enabling you to quickly extract the information you need.
Bay Campus
Friday 11th October 2024
10:00 - 12:00 BST
digital skills, Excel
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Talk Club is somewhere for international students to meet and chat with fellow students in a semi-structured and supportive environment. This is a chance to improve your communication skills and build your confidence. Come along and join us!
Singleton Campus
Friday 4th October 2024 (Session 1 of 10)
11:00 - 12:00 BST
oral communication, speaking with confidence
Sign up to this 10 week course
Want to design professional quality posters to grab your audience’s attention? This workshop shows you how to create effective academic posters, ensuring information is readable from an appropriate distance.
Online via Zoom
Monday 7th October 2024
10:00 - 12:00 BST
digital skills, PowerPoint, poster design
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Learn to start and end your assignment well, with techniques for improving the impact of your academic introductions and conclusions.
Singleton Campus
Monday 7th October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
academic writing, introductions, conclusions
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This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.
Singleton Campus
Monday 7th October 2024 (Session 2 of 10)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
writing, grammar
Sign up to this 10 week course
Starting university is an exciting experience, but can also be challenging. This workshop explains how to succeed as an undergraduate. It introduces the varied teaching, learning and assignment types you will encounter, and shows how to engage with them to maximise your academic success.
Online by Zoom
Monday 7th October 2024
13:00 - 14:00 BST
study skills
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Learn how to write critical main body paragraphs. This workshop will help you show your marker that you have understood and critically engaged with your topic. We will cover paragraph structure, critical arguments, synthesis, and coherence and cohesion.
Singleton Campus
Monday 7th October 2024
14:00 - 15:00 BST
academic writing, arguments, synthesising
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In this workshop you will learn approaches to make you a more effective and efficient reader, allowing you to learn more, save time, and improve the scope and depth of your written work.
Bay Campus
Tuesday 8th October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
critical reading skills, skimming/scanning, note taking
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This workshop offers tips on how to paraphrase, quote and cite external sources. These skills are essential for avoiding accusations of plagiarism and maintaining academic integrity. They are also the first steps for you engage critically with your sources.
Singleton Campus
Tuesday 8th October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
paraphrasing, quote, citing and referencing
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The course is designed for students whose first language is not English. It will allow you to practise different English sounds and sentence stresses, to make your speech more fluent and natural and help you be better understood.
Bay Campus
Tuesday 8th October 2024 (Session 2 of 8)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
English pronunciation, English sounds, sentence stress
Sign up to this 8 week course
This workshop explores the dot product of two vectors, multiplication of a matrix with a scalar, multiplication of a matrix with a vector, multiplication of a matrix with a matrix, and laws for matrix multiplication.
Online via Zoom
Tuesday 8th October 2024
12:00 - 13:00 BST
The course is designed for students whose first language is not English. It will allow you to practise different English sounds and sentence stresses, to make your speech more fluent and natural and help you be better understood.
Singleton Campus
Tuesday 8th October 2024 (Session 2 of 8)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
English pronunciation, English sounds, sentence stress
Sign up to this 8 week course
Postgraduate study is a great opportunity to learn new skills and gain in-depth subject knowledge, but it can be a daunting step-up from an undergraduate degree. This workshop explains how to make the transition to successful postgraduate work.
Online via Zoom
Tuesday 8th October 2024
13:00 - 14:00 BST
new skills, in-depth knowledge, postgraduate research
Sign up to this workshop
Discover the science behind how our brains learn, and how to apply simple techniques to help maximise your study potential in coursework and exams.
Bay Campus
Tuesday 8th October 2024
14:00 - 16:00 BST
study skills, revision
Sign up to this workshop
Using given datasets, you will be asked to formulate a hypothesis, pick statistical tests and interpret results. We will be working in the programme R and students are encouraged to follow along. The statistical analysis will include some common analyses such as t-test, chi-squared and correlation analysis.
Online via Zoom
Tuesday 8th October 2024
15:00 - 16:00 BST
This intermediate workshop builds on the getting to know LaTeX workshop by exploring the presentation package in LaTeX called beamer. We will also cover more complicated packages in LaTeX and look at how to use them.
Online by Zoom
Tuesday 8th October 2024
16:00 - 17:00 BST
Master the conventions of academic style with simple guidelines to help your writing match the expectations of the University.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
academic writing, academic style, editing
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This academic integrity workshop explains how to avoid plagiarism, prevent collusion and steer clear of commissioning and exam regulation breaches. It will equip you with the tools and knowledge to excel honestly in your academic writing.
Online by Zoom
Wednesday 9th October 2024
11:00 - 12:00 BST
academic integrity, academic misconduct
Sign up to this workshop
This is a course for students whose first language is not English. It will improve your basic grammar before you write your assignments. This course covers key areas of English grammar such as the use of active/passive voice and basic sentence structures to improve written accuracy.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (Session 2 of 10)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
writing, grammar
Sign up to this 10 week course
Learn techniques for writing effective, impactful emails that will get your message across clearly and stand out from the crowd.
Bay Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024
12:00 - 13:00 BST
writing, communication
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This workshop explores the dot product of two vectors, multiplication of a matrix with a scalar, multiplication of a matrix with a vector, multiplication of a matrix with a matrix, and laws for matrix multiplication.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024
12:00 - 13:00 BST
This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.
Online via Zoom
Wednesday 9th October 2024 (Session 1 of 10)
13:00 - 14:00 BST
writing, grammar
Sign up to this 10 week course
This workshop will take you through some more complex but commonly statistical analysis tests: regression analysis. Working in the programme R, students will be given datasets, and work through the appropriate statistical analysis and interpretation (including linear regression and mixed model regression).
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024
14:00 - 15:00 BST
This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.
Bay Campus
Wednesday 2nd October 2024 (Session 2 of 10)
14:00 - 15:00 BST
writing, grammar
Sign up to this 10 week course
Learning to apply and modify formatting styles in Word will give your work a professional finish but will make the document accessible and easy to navigate. You will also be able to create and update a contents page at the click of a button.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024
14:00 - 16:00 BST
digital skills, Word, formatting styles, contents page
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This course introduces Artificial Intelligence as an emergent technology and explains how it can be used to enhance your academic studies effectively and legitimately.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024 (Session 1 of 4)
14:00 - 16:00 BST
study skills, reading, writing, academic integrity
Sign up to this 4 week course
Can you really learn to be more creative? Absolutely! This workshop will give you 7 new ways to build your creative powers.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024
14:00 - 16:00 BST
study skills, creativity
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Talk Club is somewhere for international students to meet and chat with fellow students in a semi-structured and supportive environment. This is a chance to improve your communication skills and build your confidence. Come along and join us!
Bay Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024 (Session 2 of 10)
15:00 - 16:00 BST
oral communication, speaking with confidence
Sign up to this 10 week course
This workshop will focus on visualising data, students will work through how to best visualise the results of statistical analysis in a meaningful way.
Singleton Campus
Wednesday 9th October 2024
15:00 - 16:00 BST
This workshop will teach you how to correctly interpret question titles and use this knowledge to plan and structure a successful assignment.
Singleton Campus
Thursday 10th October 2024
10:00 - 11:00 BST
academic writing, essay titles, planning
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This course will introduce you to different strategies to improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension. You will learn ways to improve your reading in English, using academic and news text sources.
Bay Campus
Thursday 10th October 2024 (Session 2 of 5)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
study skills, english language support, academic reading
Sign up to this 5 week course
Adding rational expressions and simplifying is relatively easy. However, going the other way round, expressing a single rational function as the sum of two or more simpler ones is much more difficult. This workshop teaches us how to handle partial fractions and denominators with repeated quadratic factors.
Bay Campus
Thursday 10th October 2024
12:00 - 13:00 BST
This course will introduce you to different strategies to improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension. You will learn ways to improve your reading in English, using academic and news text sources.
Singleton Campus
Thursday 10th October 2024 (Session 2 of 5)
12:00 - 13:00 BST
study skills, english language support, academic reading
Sign up to this 5 week course
A quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of degree 2. The ''U'' shaped graph of a quadratic is called a parabola. A quadratic equation has two solutions. Either two distinct real solutions, one double real solution or two imaginary solutions. There are several methods we can use to solve a quadratic equation explored in this workshop.
Bay Campus
Thursday 10th October 2024
13:00 - 14:00 BST
Can you really learn to be more creative? Absolutely! This workshop will give you 7 new ways to build your creative powers.
Bay Campus
Thursday 10th October 2024
14:00 - 16:00 BST
study skills, creativity
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