A Wee Blether About...

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por Academic Skills - UWS

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A Wee Blether About...Academic Integrity with Dr Kate Cotter

We welcome a special guest, Dr Kate Cotter from the School of Business and Creative Industries, to talk about what Academic Integrity is and how the Academic Integrity panel works at UWS.

Another Wee Blether About...Academic Writing Part 2

The UWS Academic Skills team take a deeper dive into the topic of academic writing.

Another Wee Blether About...Academic Writing Part 1

In this episode, the Academic Skills team discuss what 'academic writing' is and give their advice on how to write at university.

A Wee Blether About...Referencing Updates 2025

Linda and the UWS Academic Skills team take a look at the new Cite Them Right 13th edition book published in the summer of 2025 and run through any referencing style updates you need to know about.

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A Wee Blether About...Types of Appointments

In this episode, the UWS Academic Skills team talk about the different types of 1-to-1 appointments that can be booked.

A Wee Blether About...Paraphrasing

In this episode, Linda is joined by Mairi, Carly and John to discuss a key element of academic writing. They look at what successful paraphrasing involves and offer some advice on how best to go about it.

A Wee Blether About...AI

In this episode, the Academic Skills team discuss Artificial Intelligence and how developments in the past couple of years are affecting university assessments. Making his first appearance on the podcast since series 3, Dr Kevin Wilson from the UWS Learning Transformation team joins John, Mairi and Carly for a chat.

A Wee Blether About...The Basics of Assignments

Or 'How Not to Annoy Your Markers'! As ever, Linda is joined by the UWS Academic Skills Team to chat about how to do the basic things right when working on your assessments.

A Wee Blether About...Numeracy

In this episode, Linda talks to Dr Alan Walker, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, and Academic Skills Adviser John about how you can access numeracy, mathematics and statistics support at UWS.

A Wee Blether About...Notetaking

In this episode, Linda is joined by Carly and John to talk all things notetaking- why it is so important to do in the first place and strategies to deal with it.

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