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Academic communication support for Population Health Sciences students

We offer tutorials, webinars, workshops, courses, retreats and resources to support you to develop your academic communication and research skills.

The Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÖÐÌØÍø Academic Communication Centre (ACC) is for all students, to support you to communicate critically and confidently at university, and to help you understand what is expected of you in your assignments.Ìý

Enrol on the to find out all about our support, including:

  • WebinarsÌýcover key strategies, resources, and include an opportunity for Q&A on a range of topics related to academic reading, writing, and presentations.
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  • Writing retreatsÌýprovide a supportive, motivating environment to work on your own writing.
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  • Writing process workshopsÌýgive you strategies for writing and opportunities for practice.
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  • Reading and note-taking coursesÌýsupport you in becoming a more critical and effective academic reader.
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  • Grammar for academic writing coursesÌýare forÌýstudents with English as an additional languageÌýto improve your grammar knowledge and usage, and to help you write more clearly.
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  • Postgraduate academic writing coursesÌýenable you to communicate critically and confidently in your writing at Master’s level.
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  • Postgraduate dissertation/research project writing coursesÌýintroduce you to the key aspects of writing your dissertation/research project and support you with writing this longer piece of research at Master’s level.
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  • Oral communication workshopsÌýsupport you in developing your confidence and fluency in academic speaking.
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  • GenAI and the writing process workshops helpÌýyou take a critical stance towards the use of GenAI tools, particularly for use in the writing process.
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  • One-to-one tutorialsÌýcan be used to work on, for example: the language and structure of your writing; to practice a presentation; to discuss learning strategies and the transition to postgraduate study; to help you in understanding the specific requirements and conventions of an assignment that you are working on.
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  • Asynchronous resources are available on a dedicated Moodle to support you in key areas of academic communication.
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"This was so so useful. I learnt so much about the importance of language and how to critically engage. Thank you!"

- Population Health Sciences iBSc studentÌý

"This was so so useful. I learnt so much about the importance of language and how to critically engage. Thank you!"
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Population Health Sciences iBSc student

"Throughout my time in academia I have never been taught how to go about writing an essay. This course was important and valuable because it gave me a clear plan and roadmap for planning and writing essays in a manageable way."
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PGT Faculty of Population Health Sciences student

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