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Online Thematic Workshop Schedule

Semester 1 Academic Year 2024-2025

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
October 15th

13:00-14:00

Key Academic Writing Competencies

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

Thursday
October 17th

16:00-17:00

Critical Thinking, Reading & Writing

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

Tuesday
October 22nd

13:00-14:00

Reflective Writing

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

Thursday October 24th

16:00-17:00

Academic Integrity & Plagiarism

Understanding Plagiarism is essential for Academic Integrity in Writing.

Tuesday
November 5th

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
November 7th

16:00-17:00

Writing your MA Dissertation

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

Tuesday
November 12th

13:00-14:00

Completing your Year 1 Written Assignment

Explore essential features and strategies to help you to complete your written assignments.

Thursday
November 14th

16:00-17:00

Writing and Presenting your Academic Project

Understanding academic language and register, content, and structure in presenting your academic project.

Tuesday
November 19th

13:00-14:00

Writing a Lab Report

Methods and means to complete a Lab Report.

Thursday
November 21st

16:00-17:00 

Disseminating your Research

Considerations and practicalities when planning to publicise your research.

Tuesday
November 26th

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.

Thursday
November 28th 

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
December 3rd

13:00-14:00