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Online Thematic Workshop Schedule

Semester 2 Academic Year 2023-2024

The Academic Writing & Learning Centre (AWLC) invites TU Dublin students to register for these thematic workshops focusing on various aspects of academic writing. All workshops will be delivered online using Teams. If you are interested in attending please register on the links below. Please note that numbers are limited.

Workshop Registration

 Description

Date

Time

Activate/Re-activate your Writing
This webinar explores useful writing and time-management strategies to support you with your writing assignments at university.

Tuesday
February 13th

13:00-14:00

Key Academic Writing Competencies
Explore Key Academic Writing Competencies including paraphrasing, synthesising, summarising, and citing.

Thursday
February 15th

16:00-17:00

Critical Thinking, Reading & Writing
Developing your Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing is essential to academic writing.

Tuesday
February 20th

13:00-14:00

Reflective Writing
A guide to understanding and practising Reflective Writing in college assignments.

Thursday February 22nd

16:00-17:00

Academic Integrity & Plagiarism
Understanding Plagiarism is essential for Academic Integrity in Writing.

Tuesday
February 27th

13:00-14:00

Writing a Literature Review - 12 Steps to Success
Develop the necessary skills and strategies to write a literature review for your dissertation.

Thursday
February 29th

16:00-17:00

Writing your MA Dissertation
A guide to the structure and main components of an MA dissertation.

Tuesday
March 5th

13:00-14:00

Completing your Year 1 Written Assignment
Explore essential features and strategies to help you to complete your written assignments.

Thursday
March 7th

16:00-17:00

Writing and Presenting your Academic Project
Understanding academic language and register, content, and structure in presenting your academic project.

Tuesday
March 12th

13:00-14:00

Writing a Lab Report
Methods and means to complete a Lab Report.

Thursday
March 14th

16:00-17:00 

Disseminating your Research
Considerations and practicalities when planning to publicise your research.

Tuesday
April 9th

13.00- 14.00

Writing Clearly for Exams
Explore different types of exam question, how to interpret instruction words, to write coherently, and to manage your time effectively.

Tuesday
April 16th

13:00-14:00

Writing Clearly for Exams
Explore different types of exam question, how to interpret instruction words, to write coherently, and to manage your time effectively.

Tuesday
April 23rd

13:00-14:00