Class timetables

Classes for International Students

These classes are especially recommended for international students, but undergraduate and postgraduate-taught students from all four colleges are welcome to attend as these sessions cover skills and knowledge relevant to all students writing dissertations.

International Student Starter Pack

Live Classes (Semester 2)

Early Stages Dissertation Writing (for International Students)

This particular course will be led by the team of Effective Learning Advisers for International Students.

> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and any recordings)

Date Time Class Title Class Description Venue
Tue 20 Jan 15:00-16:00 An Introduction to Doing a Dissertation This class introduces students to key features and requirements of dissertations as well as their benefits. Boyd Orr: 407 (LT A)
Wed 21 Jan 15:00-16:00 Writing a Research Proposal This class looks at the purpose, structure and key content of research proposals, which are often required before beginning a dissertation or other extensive research project. Boyd Orr: 611 (LT E)
Tue 27 Jan 15:00-16:00 Identifying your Research Gap This class explores the types of research gap and how to identify the gap for your dissertation. Boyd Orr: 407 (LT A)
Wed 28 Jan 15:00-16:00 Developing your Research Methods This class discusses how to select the most appropriate methodology for your dissertation. Boyd Orr: 611 (LT E)
Tue 3 Feb 15:00-16:00 The Supervision Process This class outlines core aspects of working with a dissertation supervisor, looking at expectations on the students and supervisors, and how to make the most of these relationships. Boyd Orr: 407 (LT A)
Wed 4 Feb 15:00-16:00 Starting the Literature Review This class looks at how to start searching for literature on your research topic, the key features of literature reviews, and ways to find the 'gap' in research that you are contributing to. Boyd Orr: 611 (LT E)
Tue 10 Feb 15:00-16:00 Using Language in your Dissertation This class discusses how to make appropriate use of language when writing your dissertation, considering important aspects such as tone and signposting. Boyd Orr: 407 (LT A)
Wed 11 Feb 15:00-16:00 Planning your Dissertation's Structure This class discusses how to plan your dissertation's structure to ensure a clear argument. Boyd Orr: 611 (LT E)

 

Writing Groups (for PGT students)

We invite postgradutate taught (Masters) students from all subjects and programmes of study to participate in our Peer Academic Writing Group.

Using a friendly, community-focused approach, these workshops are designed to help you develop and enhance your academic writing skills for your postgraduate assignments.

We will focus on core areas of academic writing that are important to postgraduates  in all subjects, such as criticality, style, referencing, tone/word choice, and more.

These workshops are facilitated by Dr Mona O'Brien (Effective Learning Adviser) and Bob Imbur (Peer Learning Facilitator).

Date Time Class Title Class Description Venue
Mon 26 Jan 14:00-15:00 Academic Writing Style This workshop explores key features of effective academic writing style to enhance clarity and meet expectations of writing in assignments. Southpark House, Seminar Room 202
Mon 2 Feb 14:00-15:00 Critical Thinking This workshop discusses how to think critically to develop strong arguments and analyses in assignments. Southpark House, Seminar Room 202
Mon 9 Feb 14:00-15:00 Critical Reading and Creating Flow in Critical Writing This workshop will discuss effective critical writing and how to integrate literature into postgraduate assignments. Southpark House, Seminar Room 202
Mon 16 Feb 14:00-15:00 Critical Writing This workshop focuses on developing students' critical and analytical writing to produce strong academic assignments and meet marking criteria at UofG. Southpark House, Seminar Room 202
Mon 23 Feb 14:00-15:00 Plagiarism, Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence This workshop explores how to maintain good academic integrity to ensure high quality assignments and introduces discussion around artificial intelligence and its relationships with integrity and plagiarism. Southpark House, Seminar Room 202
Mon 2 Mar 14:00-15:00 Effective Editing for Academic Work This workshop breaks down the editing process and explores how to edit to enhance your postgraduate written assignments. Southpark House, Seminar Room 202
Mon 9 Mar 14:00-15:00 Using Feedback to Enhance Assignments This workshop discusses how to use feedback on past assignments to enhance and develop your academic writing for current and future assignments. Southpark House, Seminar Room 202

Pre-recorded classes and online materials

These classes offer a mix of online materials and resources you can work through at your own pace. Some are classes held in the previous semester. All contain useful resources, sometimes including recordings of past live classes. Check back regularly for updates.

Starting your Academic Citizenship (for International Students)

This particular course is led by the team of Effective Learning Advisers for International Students. It runs in Semster 1, and every session is run twice - once in-person and once online.

> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and any recordings)

This series took place last semester, but the materials for the following classes are available at the Moodle link above.

Class Title Class Description
Transitioning to Academic Study @UofG How to successfully transition to new academic institutions by better understanding expectations and some strategies for effectively managing change.
Becoming an Academic Reader Strategies for effective academic reading to enhance learning, including how to select reading, manage reading time and read evaluatively.
Academic Integrity, Avoiding Plagiarism, and Artificial Intelligence Explains the definitions of plagiarism at the University of Glasgow and how to avoid plagiarism in academic work as well as looking at some do's and don'ts for AI in academic work.
Understanding and Preparing for Assignments How to effectively understand and fulfill assigment requirements.
Introduction to Being Critical What does it mean to be critical and analytical in academic work and how to achieve this.
Academic Discourse Explains academic discourse and discusses how to identify the ways your academic community communicates.

 

International Students' Starter Pack

> International Students' Starter Pack

The International Students' Starter Pack is a shared resource for students and staff. Each section contains a themed video of students speaking about their experiences of undertaking a postgraduate taught degree at the University of Glasgow and relevant resources for staff and students on that topic. The core topics covered by the resource are:

  • Expectations & Experiences
  • Time Management
  • Assessments @UofG
  • Writing a Dissertation
  • Advice for New Students

Spring Academic Writing Series (for International Students)

This particular course will be led by the team of Effective Learning Advisers for International Students. This series is not running this academic year, but a list of classes are given below and resources can be found on the Moodle page.

> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and any recordings)

Class Class Description
Using Academic Language This class discusses academic language and outlines some of its key features and uses, such as demonstrating your understanding, presenting information accurately, and adopting an appropriate tone. 
Critical and Efficient Academic Reading This class discusses approaches to academic reading to enhance assignments while managing time and volume of reading.
Writing an Academic Argument This class outlines how best to produce a written argument, considering the individual elements which contribute to strong argumentation. 
Writing about Academic Sources This class looks at how you can incorporate academic sources in your work whilst maintaining your own academic voice. 
Using Theory in Academic Work Focusing on theory in Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities, this class outlines a method for using theory to enhance academic analysis and writing.
Effective Editing for Academic Work This class advises on how to effectively edit your academic work, considering tecnhiques for enhancing content, structure, and style.

Dissertation Writing (for International Students)

This particular course will be led by the team of Effective Learning Advisers for International Students. This class will be held during the summer semester, but resources for the classes below can be found on the Moodle.

> Moodle page for this series (includes slides and any recordings)

Class Title Class Description
Reading for your Dissertation This class explores strategies for selecting and completing reading for your dissertation.
Being Critical of Literature This class discusses how to write about academic literature in a critical and analytical way in your literature review.
Writing about Methodology This class discusses how efffectively to plan and write the methods/methodology section in your dissertation.
Writing about Data and Findings This class discusses writing about data and findings in your dissertation and osme elements of presenting data in graphs and figures.
Writing a Discussion Chapter This class explores the aims and writing of the discussion section/analytical sections in your dissertation.
Writing an Introduction Chapter This class discusses dissertation introductions, including the aims, what to include, and what academic markers will expect.
Writing a Conclusion Chapter This class explores dissertation conclusions, including the aims, what to include, and what academic markers will expect.
Writing a Dissertation Abstract This class discusses dissertation abstracts, including the aims, what to include, and what academic markers will expect.