A Wee Blether About...

A Wee Blether About...

by Academic Skills - UWS

Season 8

A Wee Blether About...Academic Skills Beyond University

In this episode, Linda, Carly and Mairi are joined by Lindsay from the UWS Careers team to talk about how all the academic skills you gain at university can help you in the workplace.

A Wee Blether About...Our New Website

In this episode, Linda is joined by John and Carly for a quick tour around the new UWS Academic Skills website and a behind-the-scenes look into the making of it!

Another Wee Blether About...Presentations

In this episode, the UWS Academic Skills team offer their top tips on how to deal with a presentation task. They discuss how to structure your talk, the language you should use, incorporating references and how to deal with nerves.

A Wee Blether About...Manchester Phrasebank

In this episode, Linda is joined by John, Carly and Mairi to discuss a useful tool that can help improve your academic writing- the Academic Phrasebank from the University of Manchester.

A Wee Blether About...Proofreading

In this episode, the Academic Skills team discuss the all important final phase of the assignment writing process- the proofreading stage.

Season 7

A Quick Wee Blether About...TextAid

TextAid is a literacy tool available to all UWS students. In this short episode, the Academic Skills Advisers discuss their favourite functions within TextAid- have a listen and see if any of these might benefit you whilst working on your assignments.

A Quick Wee Blether About...PEAS (TOP TIPS)

In this short episode, UWS Academic Skills Adviser John chats to host Linda about the PEAS model, which is a great way to go about organising your paragraphs in your writing.

A Quick Wee Blether About...Returning to Study (TOP TIPS)

Ahead of the new term starting, UWS Academic Skills Adviser Carly tells host Linda about her top tips for getting back into good study habits in a shorter than usual podcast.

A Quick Wee Blether About...Academic Writing (TOP TIPS)

In this mini-episode, UWS Academic Skills Adviser Mairi chats to host Linda about her top tips for academic writing. A great listen for both new and continuing students.

Season 6

A Wee Blether About...A Student's Experience of Academic Skills

In this episode, Linda and the team are joined by Andy Carrell, a current UWS student, to talk all things Academic Skills. Andy has studied at UWS since his undergraduate days and is currently embarking on his PhD. As a result, he is perfectly placed to talk about his experience of using the service and offer some great tips.

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