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Skills Hub webinars and classes

The new Skills Hub classes are now open for booking.

This semester we’re offering webinars (open to students from any campus including Orkney and Independent Distance Learners) and face-to-face classes at Dubai, Edinburgh, Malaysia and Scottish Borders Campus.

You can learn how to find quality information for assignments, brush up on your citing and referencing skills, or improve your academic writing. There’s also advice on topics like coping with your reading list, avoiding procrastination, and designing academic posters.

Microsoft Office webinars include Excel pivot tables, Word page layouts and numbering, introduction to OneNote and many more.

These are just a few of the topics – the full calendar is online at https://go.hw.ac.uk/SkillsHubClasses

If you prefer to learn in your own time, you can find videos and written help on the Skills Hub website, and one-to-one advice is available from Liaison Librarians and Effective Learning Advisors. Training for staff is listed on the IS Training calendar.

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by Kirsty Thomson on 17 January 2023  •  Permalink
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Posted by Kirsty Thomson on 17 January 2023

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2023/01/17/skills-hub-webinars-and-classes/

Study with others in our Online Writing Retreats

Studying at home and finding it hard to concentrate? Writing retreats are used by writers, academics and students all over the world as they provide a supportive environment, accountability and protected time to focus on your work.

We are running two-hour retreats on 18, 19 and 21 October for any undergraduate or masters level student to join. The times are:

Dubai: 1pm – 3.10pm

Malaysia: 5pm – 7.10pm

UK: 10am – 12.10pm

Hosted by the Global Effective Learning Service, all you need to do is come prepared with some tasks you want to work on (and they don’t have to be focused on writing). We recommend trying to set SMART* goals for yourself, but the most important thing is to have an idea of what you want to achieve by the end of the retreat. This could relate to an assignment, revising for exams or another study goal. Some examples include:

  • Reading and making notes on x number of articles
  • Revising for an exam
  • Planning an assignment
  • Analysing results from an experiment
  • Working on maths problems
  • Writing a first draft of part of an assignment.
  • Editing your first draft

Book your place

Monday 18 October: https://hw.ac.libcal.com/event/3795788

Tuesday 19 October: https://hw.ac.libcal.com/event/3795789

Thursday 21 October: https://hw.ac.libcal.com/event/3795790

For more information on writing retreats and how to organise your own, visit the Skills Hub Guide.

*SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed.

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by Rachel Whittington on 12 October 2021  •  Permalink
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Posted by Rachel Whittington on 12 October 2021

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2021/10/12/online-writing-retreats/

Staff training workshops from Information Services – book your place now.

Information Services will be running a number of training workshops for staff in the coming months.
To view the full calendar and book your place on any of the sessions, visit https://bit.ly/infoservicestraining

Workshops topics include:

  •  Introduction to Collaborate Ultra
  • Stream – Managing your content
  • Teams – The latest updates
  • Video and podcast creation
  • An introduction to Padlet
  • An introduction to using Turning Point
  • SharePoint Hub administrator


We look forward to welcoming you to these sessions.

IS has also created a new SharePoint site which is packed with lots of useful guidance on Collaborate, Stream, E-books, Office 365 and much more.
Click here to access the IS Training site

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by cdonlan on 06 October 2021  •  Permalink
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Posted by cdonlan on 06 October 2021

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2021/10/06/staff-training-workshops-from-information-services-book-your-place-now/

Skills Hub Webinars

If you’re aiming to improve your study skills or want to get better marks this semester, the Skills Hub webinars are designed for you. These free webinars, delivered by experienced librarians and effective learning advisers, are packed with useful tips and techniques to help with your degrees.

You can view the webinar schedule and register for sessions at https://hw.ac.libcal.com/calendar/skillshub

For assignments, we have webinars on writing literature reviews, essays, and reports, along with guidance on what your tutors are looking for in your work. We’ll also help you understand the feedback you’re given, and how to use this to improve your next assignment. If you’re in the early years of your degree, Getting Started with Research for Assignments will help you with finding information; if already know the basics and want to improve your skills you can attend Finding Quality Sources for Course Work.

The webinars on the Harvard and IEEE styles will help you understand citing and referencing, and you can learn how to use EndNote X9, powerful software that makes citing and referencing much easier.

Looking ahead to the end of semester, we have sessions on How to Succeed in Take-Home Exams.

These are just a selection of our upcoming webinars: you can view the full timetable at https://hw.ac.libcal.com/calendar/skillshub There are also lots of pre-recorded videos and online help on the skills hub website at https://isguides.hw.ac.uk/skillshub

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by Kirsty Thomson on 15 January 2021  •  Permalink
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Posted by Kirsty Thomson on 15 January 2021

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2021/01/15/skills-hub-webinars/

Webinars on Finding Research, Citing and Referencing, EndNote and more …

Skills Hub webinars will help you improve the skills you need to succeed in your courses and assignments at Heriot-Watt.


Topics for this semester include:

  • Finding Research – an introductory webinar on how to find academic research, suitable for students who are new to university research, or who would like a refresher.
  • Literature Searching – more advanced webinars aimed at students who are familiar with the basics of how to search, but want to learn more. These are aimed at students in the final years of their undergraduate degree or taught postgraduates.
  • EndNote X9 reference management software. EndNote X9 is very useful if you are working on a literature review or a project with a lot of references.
  • Citing and Referencing, with sessions on Harvard and IEEE (check your assignment guidelines to find out which style you should use)
  • And many more …

Many of our September webinars were fully booked, but there are spaces available in October and November. Book your place at https://hw.ac.libcal.com/calendar/skillshub/

We’re also putting content online so that you can develop these skills independently, via the Skills Hub website at https://isguides.hw.ac.uk/skillshub . Topics already online include Harvard Citing and Referencing, IEEE Citing and Referencing and Finding Research for Assignments. We’ll be adding more to these pages throughout the semester.

Details of Information Services webinars for staff can be found at https://hw.ac.libcal.com/calendar/istraining/

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by Kirsty Thomson on 09 October 2020  •  Permalink
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Posted by Kirsty Thomson on 09 October 2020

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2020/10/09/webinars-on-finding-research-citing-and-referencing-endnote-and-more/

Power Hours w/c 14 January 2019

The following workshops will be held w/cpowerhours
14th January

Citing & Referencing Harvard
Date: 14 January 2019
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

Excel: Fundamentals
Date: 14 January 2019
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Library Teaching , Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

How to Succeed in Exams
Date: 14 January 2019
Time: 14:15-15:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

Note Taking [Webinar]
Date: 15 January 2019
Time: 09:15-10:15
Location: Own Computer
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

Making the Most of Your Lectures
Date: 15 January 2019
Time: 14:15-15:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome, most suited to UG and PGT students

Coping with Presentation Nerves 
Date: 15 January 2019
Time: 16:00-17:00
Location: Student Wellbeing Centre, Hugh Nisbet Building
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

Citing & Referencing Harvard [Webinar]
Date: 17 January 2019
Time: 09:15-10:15
Location: Own Computer
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

Endnote Online
Date: 17 January 2019
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Library Teaching Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

Critical Thinking
Date: 17 January 2019
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Audience: All Welcome

All workshop are now bookable at http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours
See our website for further skills development opportunities
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by mirrenmcleod11 on 07 January 2019  •  Permalink
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Posted by mirrenmcleod11 on 07 January 2019

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2019/01/07/power-hours-w-c-14-january-2019/

Power Hours Workshops w/c 15th January (Edinburgh Campus Library)

The following workshops will be held w/cpowerhours
15th January in the Edinburgh Campus Library
(top floor)

Citing & Referencing Harvard
Date: 15 January 2018
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

Excel: Fundamentals
Date: 15 January 2018
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Library Teaching Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

How to Succeed in Exams
Date: 15 January 2018
Time: 14:15-15:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

Endnote Online
Date: 16 January 2018
Time: 14:15-15:15
Location: Library Teaching Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

Making the Most of Lectures
Date: 16 January 2018
Time: 14:15-15:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome, most suitable for UG and PGT students

Note Taking [Webinar]
Date: 16 January 2018
Time: 12:00-13:00
Location: Your own computer
Campus: All
Categories: All Welcome

Note Taking
Date: 17 January 2018
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

Endnote Online [Webinar]
Date: 18 January 2018
Time: 12:00-13:00
Location: Your own computer
Campus: All
Categories: All Welcome

Citing & Referencing Harvard [Webinar]
Date: 18 January 2018
Time: 16:00-17:00
Location: Your own computer
Campus: All
Categories: All Welcome

Endnote Online
Date: 18 January 2018
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Library Teaching Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

Endnote Online
Date: 19 January 2018
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Library Teaching Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

Endnote Desktop
Date: 19 January 2018
Time: 14:15-15:15
Location: Library Teaching Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: All Welcome

Leadership Skills
Date: 19 January 2018
Time: 12:15-13:15
Location: Anderson Room, Edinburgh Campus Library
Campus: Edinburgh
Categories: Staff and PGR only

All workshop are now bookable at http://hw.ac.libcal.com/powerhours

See our website for further skills development opportunities.

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by mirrenmcleod11 on 09 January 2018  •  Permalink
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Posted by mirrenmcleod11 on 09 January 2018

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2018/01/09/power-hours-workshops-w-c-15th-january-edinburgh-campus-library/

Power Hours Workshops (Edinburgh Campus)

Why not come along to one of our well received Power Hours workshops this Semester?

“Well presented”, “full of information” and “unexpectedly enjoyable!” are some of the overwhelmingly positive comments received about the workshops last year.

In our latest survey, 94% of respondents or strongly agreed that the workshop they attended would help with their studies, research or teaching.

The Semester-long programme offers skills workshops for students and staff covering topics in:-

  • Academic Writing
  • Citing, Referencing & Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Data Security
  • Finding and Evaluating Information
  • IT
  • Presentations and Posters
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Study & Lifestyle Tips

Booking is required.

The Power Hours programme is part of the Information Services Skills Development provision.

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by Marion Kennedy on 27 November 2017  •  Permalink
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Posted by Marion Kennedy on 27 November 2017

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2017/11/27/power-hours-workshops-edinburgh-campus-3/

Power Hours Workshops (Edinburgh Campus)

Why not come along to one of our well received Power Hours workshops this Semester?

“Well presented”, “full of information” and “unexpectedly enjoyable!” are some of the overwhelmingly positive comments received about the workshops last year.

In our latest survey, 94% of respondents or strongly agreed that the workshop they attended would help with their studies, research or teaching.

The Semester-long programme offers skills workshops for students and staff covering topics in:-

  • Academic Writing
  • Citing, Referencing & Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Data Security
  • Finding and Evaluating Information
  • IT
  • Presentations and Posters
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Study & Lifestyle Tips

Booking is required.

The Power Hours programme is part of the Information Services Skills Development provision.

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by Marion Kennedy on 20 November 2017  •  Permalink
Posted in HWU Edinburgh, Skills Development, Workshops

Posted by Marion Kennedy on 20 November 2017

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2017/11/20/power-hours-workshops-edinburgh-campus-4/

Don’t miss the exam survival sessions in November

This National Stress Awareness day – some reminders about how we can help as the semester moves into course work hand in time and then exams.

The NSS highlights exams are one of the top reasons for stressed students – so don’t miss the Exam Survival Guide and How to Manage Exam Stress Power Hours later this month – each session is full of useful tips and  techniques to help you survive and succeed in your exams.

StressPoster

And remember – if you are feeling stressed you don’t need to cope alone – there’s lots of support available across HWU e.g. Health and Wellbeing, Academic Study Skills, Chaplaincy – so get in touch – we’re here to help.

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by Moira Stephen on 01 November 2017  •  Permalink
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Posted by Moira Stephen on 01 November 2017

https://informs.hw.ac.uk/2017/11/01/dont-miss-the-exam-survival-sessions-in-november/

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