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Learn about best practice when formatting a long and structured document such as a dissertation. This is the first of three sessions on using Word for PC to create your dissertation. This hands-on workshop allows you to get the very best out of Word functionality. By the end of the session you will have an understanding of what Styles are and why they are key to using Word; how to apply and modify key Styles; make use of the additional benefits of Styles - Navigation Pane, Table of Contents, Cross-reference and accessibility features.

For  ECS, Physics and ORC PGRs unable to attend previous sessions

A practical course introducing you to the key databases and resources relevant to your research and improving your searching techniques to get the best results from them.By the end of the session you will be able to:Find key research material using different library resources.Develop skills in searching and retrieving information.Save searches and create alerts

Learn about best practice in Word (for PC) when including data or graphical evidence. Such objects should be clearly labelled, referenced and made accessibility compliant. This is the second of three hands-on sessions using Word for PC to create your dissertation. This session is all about ensuring that you can: convert text to tables; repeat your table's header row; sort data inside a table; use referencing tools such as captions, cross-references and tables of figures; add accessibility features.

Designed for students with a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, this workshop will help you to manage your study time and organise your resources. You will learn how to  identify the most effective way to study, manage your deadlines for assessments as well as balance your work, studies and other commitments, according to your individual learning style. Effective time management and organisation is essential to feeling in control of your learning.

This session will introduce you to the University Library's new search system. This one-search interface works across all our Library online and print content. Using a single search box you eil lbe able to find books and ebooks, articles, theses, conference papers, multimedia and more. During the session there will be a chance to ask questions and practice what you have learnt via some short activities with library staff on hand to help.

Designed for students with a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, this workshop you will help you distinguish between descriptive and critical content and identify strategies that can be used to maximise your critical content within an assignment. The workshop will also provide you with techniques to help you improve on your critical reading and writing skills. For more information on Enabling Services and the support we provide, please follow this link;  https://www.southampton.ac.uk/edusupport/index.page

Learn about best practice in Word (for PC) when using page layout features. This is the third of three hands-on sessions using Word for PC to create your dissertation. This session is all about ensuring that you can correctly set up your file paper size and margins; create landscape pages for large tables or diagrams; create running content such as page headers and page numbering; ensure content that you want to appear together stays together.

This session explains the differences between editing and proofreading. It will focus on giving practical tips for proofreading your written work to pick up errors in spelling, formatting, punctuation etc

In academic writing it is essential that you acknowledge the sources of your information and ideas, both in your text through in-text citations and in a bibliography or reference list at the end of your work. This session covers the basics of referencing; what it is, why you should do it and which style you should be using. Examples given use a variety of styles including the Harvard style. There will be time for questions and to practice what you have learnt via some short activities within the session.

Designed for students with a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia, the aim of this workshop is to help you to improve your writing skills such as construction of sentences and paragraphs, punctuation and grammar. This workshop is interactive and will help you to break down and analyse assignment titles as well as consider strategies for planning and structuring your essay.

This workshop will explore the difficulties faced by individuals with a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia and introduces strategies for aquiring higher level reading skills. The aim of the workshop is to improve the acquisition and retention fo new information, by looking at different reading techniques such as skimming, scanning, close reading and active reading.