General Academic English
Masters and Undergraduate Academic Writing (MUAW)
This is a series of 6 workshops in term 2 appropriate to both masters and undergraduate students across the university. The course covers academic literacy, essay writing, strategies for making use of sources and related study skills.
- Understanding the task and starting your research
9:35am - 11:25am, Thu Jan 30th 2025 - Developing a logical argument
9:35am - 11:25am, Thu Feb 6th 2025 - Clarity of expression in academic writing
9:35am - 11:25am, Thu Feb 13th 2025 - Writing a Literature Review
9:35am - 11:25am, Thu Feb 20th 2025 - Critical Discussions in essays and reports
9:35am - 11:25am, Thu Feb 27th 2025 - The Writer’s Voice: expressing your opinions and evaluating evidence
9:35am - 11:25am, Thu Mar 6th 2025
Masters Academic Writing (MAW)
This is a series of 6 workshops in term 2 appropriate to masters students across the university. The course covers academic literacy, essay writing, strategies for making use of sources and related study skills.
- Understanding the task and starting your research
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Jan 29th 2025 - Developing a logical argument
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 5th 2025 - Clarity of expression in academic writing
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 12th 2025 - Writing a literature review
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 19th 2025 - Critical discusssion in essays and reports
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 26th 2025 - The Writer’s Voice: expressing your opinions and evaluating evidence
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Mar 5th 2025
Doctoral Academic Writing
These workshops cover academic literacy, essay writing and study skills as well as looking at higher level scholarly writing and expectations for completing a research degree. Please click on the links below to sign up - Signing up for ONE session will automatically sign you up for all subsequent events. If you know that you have a timetable clash, but would still like access to the resources, email insessional@exeter.ac.uk.
- Critical Engagement with Literature
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Jan 29th 2025 - Language Features in a PhD
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 5th 2025 - Paraphrasing and Referencing skills
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 12th 2025 - Language for sampling and ethics
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 19th 2025 - Getting ready for your Upgrade Meeting or Viva
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Feb 26th 2025 - Showing your voice & synthesizing
9:35am - 11:25am, Wed Mar 5th 2025
Students in Sciences may also like to attend Academic Writing for Science and can find out more here
Writing cafes and one-to-one assignment tutorials
Now that you have enjoyed the course, why not access some individualised advice by attending a writing cafe or booking a one-to-one assignment tutorial. Find out more here.
Our Reading skills workshops will be back in term 3 to help you with approaching dissertation writing.
There are two listening courses available in term 2. Timetable to be confirmed soon!
The sessions aim
- To extend student ability at micro as well as macro level of listening.
- To use a variety of different “soft” academic listening material as examples and to aid skills development.
- To highlight the features of pronunciation that most impact upon successful listening.
There are two series of four sessions. Although they can be attended singly, we recommend attending all four for maximum benefit. Sign up by clicking on the links below - signing up for one session will automatically sign you up for all the subsequent sessions in each series.
Academic Listening Skills 1 | Academic Listening Skills 2 |
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Presentation Skills (PRES T2)
This is a series of 4 workshops in term 2 for students from across the university. The course focuses on how to give an effective academic presentation, with lots of useful advice, examples and opportunities for students to present.
This is a repetition of the course delivered in term 1.
- Introduction: Shape and Structure of a Good Presentation
11:35am - 1:25pm, Fri Jan 31st 2025 - Signposting Language and Making an Impact
11:35am - 1:25pm, Fri Feb 7th 2025 - Dealing with Questions and Confident Delivery
11:35am - 1:25pm, Fri Feb 14th 2025 - Referencing Sources and Honing your Craft
11:35am - 1:25pm, Fri Feb 21st 2025