Venue: Student Learning Centre
Room 1.64, Central Library
The SLC offers free seminars to help students advance their study skills. These cover topics like research, referencing, and writing skills. They are held at 12pm, Monday to Thursday, in room 1.64, on the entrance level of the Central Library (next to the Noel Stockdale Room). Enrolments are not needed; just turn up! See the full schedule for Semester 1, 2012 below.
Some Lunchtime Seminars are also arranged into themed series, such as the Essay Writing Series and the Grammar Booster series. These have one class per week for five weeks, and students who attend all five receive a personalised certificate. These series are repeated throughout the year.
Seminars for honours and masters students are held on Thursday and are aimed at developing their higher level academic skills.
Grammar Booster
1. Nouns and articles
2. Verbs and tenses
3. Subject/verb agreement
4. Word forms
5. Parallel structure
Essay Writing
1. Analysing a topic and making a plan
2. Essay and paragraph structure
3. Integrating sources in your essay
4. Introductions and conclusions
5. Editing and proofreading
Honours and Masters Students
1. The process of research
2. Developing a research proposal
3. Writing a literature review
4. Methods of data collection
5. Critiquing the literature
6. Progressing your argument
7. Quoting and referencing
8. Thesis writing for humanities and social sciences
9. Thesis writing for the sciences
10. Editing and proofreading your thesis
February | ||
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| Mon 27 | Quoting, paraphrasing, and academic integrity | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 28 | How to reference | 12 - 1pm |
| Wed 29 | Using Turnitin™ | 12 - 1pm |
March | ||
Date | Session | Time |
Thurs 1 | The process of research Honours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 5 | Managing time effectively | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 6 | Analysing a topic and making a plan | 12 - 1pmrepeated at4 - 5pm |
| Wed 7 | Nouns and articles | 12 - 1pm |
| Thurs 8 | Developing a research proposalHonours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 12 | Public Holiday | |
| Tues 13 | Essay and paragraph structure | 12 - 1pmrepeated at4 - 5pm |
| Wed 14 | Verbs and tenses | 12 - 1pm |
| Thurs 15 | Writing a literature reviewHonours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 19 | Writing a report | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 20 | Integrating sources in your essay | 12 - 1pm repeated at4 - 5pm |
| Wed 21 | Subject / verb agreement | 12 - 1pm |
| Thurs 22 | Methods of data collection Honours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 26 | Critiquing research articles | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 27 | Introduction and conclusions | 12 - 1pm repeated at4 - 5pm |
| Wed 28 | Word forms | 12 - 1pm |
| Thurs 29 | Critiquing the literature Honours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
April | ||
Date | Session | Time |
| Mon 2 | How to reference (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 3 | Editing and proofreading | 12 - 1pmrepeated at4 - 5pm |
Wed 4 | Parallel structure | 12 - 1pm |
| Thurs 5 | Progressing your argument Honours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
Mid-semester break | ||
Mon 23 | Finding academic sources online | 12 - 1pm |
Tues 24 | Argument mapping: constructing an argument | 12 - 1pm |
| Wed 25 | Public Holiday | |
| Thurs 26 | Quoting, paraphrasing and academic integrityHonours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 30 | Oral presentation skills | 12 - 1pm |
May | ||
Date | Session | Time |
| Tues 1 | Nouns and articles | 12 - 1pm |
Wed 2 | Analysing a topc and making a plan | 12 - 1pm |
Thurs 3 | Thesis writing for humanities and social sciences Honours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 7 | Answering case studies | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 8 | Verbs and tenses | 12 - 1pm |
| Wed 9 | Essay and paragraph structure (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
| Thurs 10 | Thesis writing for the sciencesHonours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 14 | Commas, apostrophes, and other punctuation | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 15 | Subject / verb agreement (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
| Wed 16 | Integrating sources in your essay (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
| Thurs 17 | Editing and proofreading your thesisHonours and Masters students | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 21 | Australian slang and idioms | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 22 | Word forms (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
| Wed 23 | Introductions and conclusions (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
Thurs 24 | Exam preparation | 12 - 1pm |
| Mon 28 | How to reference (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
| Tues 29 | Parallel structure (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
| Wed 30 | Editing and proofreading (repeat) | 12 - 1pm |
