Workshops and seminars
Writing
Essay Writing from Start to Finish consists of four sessions, taking students through the key elements of the essay writing process. More info and enrolment »
Science Writing from Start to Finish is four sessions covering the written style of research reports used in science and engineering. More info and enrolment »
Microsoft Word Tips for Writing Essays is a single workshop covering the formatting tricks all writers should know. More info and enrolment »
APA Referencing: why and how to use other people’s words and ideas comprises two sessions: the first focuses on in-text referencing and how to compile the reference list; the second provides advice on how to integrate information from sources into your assignment (quoting and paraphrasing). More info and enrolment »
Citing the Web is a single session on the problems finding, choosing, and correctly referencing electronic resources: blogs, Wikipedia, databases, PDFs, and Google results. More info and enrolment »
Grammar, punctuation and style
Strengthening Sentences is a series of five workshops that focuses on achieving a better mix of sentence types and provides strategies to strengthen and clarify meaning at the sentence level. More info and enrolment »
Grammar Studio takes a cooperative approach, with students working together to perfect writing fluency and grammatical accuracy. More info and enrolment »
Writing Studio: Working together to perfect our prose is a student-run series of workshops where participants examine short passages of each others' writing and discuss possible improvements to structure and style. More info and enrolment »
Academic Style and Punctuation is a single session covering both the elements of an impersonal and objective academic style, and ways of fine-tuning your writing with the correct punctuation. More info and enrolment »
Study skills
Demystifying the University System is a single session that demystifies academic conventions and writing styles, and give ‘inside knowledge’ into how to succeed at university. More info and enrolment »
Revision and Exam Preparation is one session, covering the process of preparing for exams and techniques for writing high quality essay answers – with tips for multi-choice and short-answer exams. More info and enrolment »
Smart Thinking is a series of four seminars designed to equip students with the crucial skills required for a high standard of understanding and organisation at university. More info and enrolment »
Maths and stats
Maths Essentials is a series of four workshops, created in collaboration with the Mathematics and Statistics Department, teaching foundational mathematical principles for use in subjects as diverse as Biology, Sociology and Health Sciences. More info and enrolment »
Stats Essentials is a series of four workshops, created in collaboration with the Mathematics and Statistics Department, teaching foundational statistical principles for use in subjects as diverse as Psychology, Education and Geography. More info and enrolment »
Presentation
Giving an Oral Presentation offers sound advice for students giving papers at conferences or to fellow-students; designed primarily for thesis writers and students doing courses which involve independent research. More info and enrolment »
Speaking Clearly is a series of three practical weekly sessions, a follow-up to the Oral Presentations workshop, intended to boost confidence in delivery: projection, articulation, posture, and pace. Each session involves group feedback. More info and enrolment »
Making Posters is a hands-on, practical workshop on how to prepare a concisely-written and visually-clear academic poster. More info and enrolment »
Presenting Data gives tips on visual display of data, as charts, graphs, or maps, for the social and natural sciences. More info and enrolment »
Wrangling Long Documents with Microsoft Word is a four-workshop series covering the use of outlining, styles, master documents, sections, captions, and other useful tips for managing a thesis-sized document. More info and enrolment »
Other learning events
If students are preparing a thesis, annotated bibliography, or literature review, they should check out the learning events offered to honours and postgraduate students. We also offer courses and workshops specifically aimed at adult students and Te Puna Manawa students.