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Using this Guide

Book onto an Academic skills workshop or work through recordings of Academic skills workshops in the tabs above at your own pace.

Take our Academic skills audit to find resources appropriate to your individual learning needs.

If you can't find the workshop you need, please check the tabs above for workshop recordings, explore the resources in the Academic Skills Hub or contact us at academicskills@bournemouth.ac.uk.

Upcoming Workshops

These workshops are a mixture of on campus (in person) and online. Where workshops are to be delivered online, you will be contacted before the workshop with the details of how to join the session.

Academic Skills Workshops

Academic skills workshops include (2024-25):

Academic integrity and plagiarism

  • Academic integrity and plagiarism
  • Using Generative AI in Coursework

Academic Writing

  • Academic style
  • Editing and refining your work
  • Paraphrasing & Synthesising sources
  • Understanding structure
  • Writing abstracts, introductions and conclusions

Assessment success

  • Revision & exams
  • Understanding and planning your assignment

Critical thinking

  • Critical thinking

Healthy study habits

  • Staying motivated
  • Time management

Reference management

  • BU Harvard referencing
  • Reference management: EndNote 

Research strategies

  • Literature searching
  • Strategies for reading academic texts

Speaking with confidence

  • Presentation skills
  • Seminar discussions

Statistical analysis

Quantitative Research Skills: Data Analysis and Statistical Techniques

  • Introduction to Statistical Analysis & Descriptive Statistics

  • Managing data in SPSS

  • Introduction to Null hypothesis Significance Testing

  • Parametric Tests (T tests, ANOVA, Correlation & Regression)

  • Nonparametric Tests (Chi Square)

  • Factor Analysis

Studying at university

  • Being a sustainable student at BU
  • Listening to lectures