Study skills

How to put your reading into your writing

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Date and time: Thu 28 November 2024
11:00 - 12:00
Location: Online: Microsoft Teams
Contact: UWE Bristol Library Contact the library
Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

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Description

Learn how to incorporate themes and ideas from multiple sources into your own work.

This workshop will take place online in Microsoft Teams – guidance on using Microsoft Teams is available. The workshop will have interactive elements and we recommend that if possible you use a laptop or PC. You may wish to use an additional mobile device or another tab in your browser for the interactive elements.

There is also a How to put your reading into your writing online workbook with similar activities and content to the live workshop.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this session, you will feel more confident about:

What synthesis is and why it is important.
Identifying themes in your reading.
Using a grid to organise themes for writing.

How to attend

If you are interested in attending this online event, please register via InfoHub.

The room will be open from 10 minutes before the session start time.

The session materials are on the Study Skills site. Please click on the workshop title in the list.

Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

Accessibility

Most of our online events take place on Microsoft Teams. Follow this handy guide on accessibility tools within Microsoft Teams.

For further details on accessibility at UWE Bristol Library, check out our Library accessibility guide or contact us for specific queries.

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