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Understanding your assessment question Trailer

Writing Masterclass - 22nd October, 2018 trailer

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Academic writing 101 - 17th October
Academic writing 101 - 17th October

Writing academically is a skill that underlies the demonstration of successful learning in higher education but isn’t always thought about for itself. In this interactive SHL session we will look at some of the key features of academic writing and explain how to develop your academic writing skills. We’ll give a tutor’s impression of what works well when communicating as well as the student viewpoint on how to achieve this. There will be plenty of opportunity for interaction and small group sessions to discuss what is being talked about and learn from your fellow students.The event runs twice - from 7 to 8pm and from 8.30 to 9.30pm.

This event is run in the SHL online room and is open to all students. To attend, you must book a ticket, which are allocated on a first come first served basis. To book on the 7 to 8pm session click here, to book on the 8.30 to 9.30pm session click here.

The SHL online room can be found here.

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Study skills bootcamp - essay writing - 22nd October
Study skills bootcamp - essay writing - 22nd October

This event will take several of the key components of an essay and discuss different approaches. Aspects such as ‘describe’, compare and contrast, and critically evaluate will be explored, and we will outline ways to improve your introductions and conclusions. For any student at any level, this series of sessions will give you a space to re-evaluate your own approaches and think about the next academic year. There is also the opportunity to share what works for you with other students in the chat.

The event is online, interactive and open to everyone. The chat room will be open from 9am and during the live event you can send your tweets to @StudentHubLive (#StudentHubLive18), email us at studenthublive@open.ac.uk, complete the online voting tools, send us your comments, and take part in the online discussions.

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Average: 4 (6 votes)
Critical thinking and writing - 24th October
Critical thinking and writing - 24th October

Writing academically is a skill that underlies the demonstration of successful learning in higher education but isn’t always thought about for itself. In this interactive SHL session we will look at some of the key features of academic writing and explain how to develop your academic writing skills. We’ll give a tutor’s impression of what works well when communicating as well as the student viewpoint on how to achieve this. There will be plenty of opportunity for interaction and small group sessions to discuss what is being talked about and learn from your fellow students.

This event is run in the SHL online room from 8.30 to 9.30pm, and is open to all students. To attend, you must book a ticket, which are allocated on a first come first served basis. To book click here.

The SHL online room can be found here.

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Catch up

Understanding your assessment question - 10th October
Understanding your assessment question - 10th October

One of the biggest mistakes tutors see is lovely answers that aren’t related to the question being asked. In this interactive SHL session we looked at how to interpret assessment questions to try and avoid this. We looked at the wording used and give a tutor insight into what this means when we come to mark, as well as the obvious mistakes that we see. We discussed different process words (the instructions that are given) and signpost useful resources to find out more. 

The group work and plenary were not recorded. However the first part of the workshop is available to watch/catch-up here (click on 'view previous recordings' button).

The slides from the event are available here.

 

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Average: 4.5 (4 votes)
(re) Orientation Induction - 4th October
(re) Orientation Induction - 4th October

This event outlined some of the key things you need to know about studying at the Open University, how to make the most of the support that is available, and most of all to talk to other students at this online, interactive, live event.  Play against the teams in the studio in the Wheel of Ologies quiz, find out about research and innovation, plus much more.

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Average: 3.5 (4 votes)
Solid preparation for module start - 26 September
Solid preparation for module start - 26 September

Whether you are a new or continuing student, this study skills event gave you the opportunity to hear from academics and student support about effective studying skills and techniques and the chance to meet other students and share your own experiences and tips.

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Average: 4.8 (5 votes)

Catch up on all past events.

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For details about watching events live click here. To view all previous events visit the events page.

See the calendar for dates of events below.

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