Webinars and workshops running in November

Our Library Services staff run a wide range of webinars and in-person workshops to support your work and boost your success at Cranfield. They cover topics including using our databases effectively, referencing, study skills, the use of academic language and research support. Many of these run at lunchtimes (and are called Lunch+Learn sessions) but others run in the evenings so hopefully there is a time that suits you!

Remember, you don’t have to wait until we run a webinar if you need help! If you have any questions, at any time, you can contact us by email, webchat (via our website), or just drop in and see us so we can sort out any issues you may have.

These are the session running this month – please check our calendar to find out the details as many run more than once:

Library skills

• Getting started with Mendeley (Lunch+Learn)
• 10 things you need to know about referencing at Cranfield (Lunch+Learn)
• Getting to know Knovel (Lunch+Learn)
• Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) demonstration (Lunch+Learn)
• Searching for literature in Scopus (Lunch+Learn)

Academic language and study skills

• Academic writing skills (1): Style
• Academic writing skills review 2 (Structure)
• Presentation skills 1 – Dealing with nerves
• Presentation skills 2 – How to make a presentation engaging
• Presentation Skills 3 – Designing effective PowerPoint slides
• Presentation skills 4 – Concluding a presentation and dealing with questions
• Seminar and discussion skills
• How to paraphrase, summarise & synthesise sources (Lunch+Learn)
• The three key tenses in academic writing (Lunch+Learn)
• The four main sentence types in academic writing (Lunch+Learn)
• The four uses of the comma and other punctuation rules (Lunch+Learn)
• Critical thinking and reading (Lunch+Learn)
• Critical thinking and writing (Lunch+Learn)
• Tips for revising your draft assignment (Lunch+Learn)

Research support for PhD students and staff

These include those taught as part of the Doctoral Researchers Core Development (DRCD) programme.

• Using Mendeley to manage your references
• Keeping up to date in your field (DRCD)
• Improving your employability – Presentation skills (DRCD)
• Key factors for success when starting your own business (DRCD)
• Building your academic profile (DRCD)
• Introduction to teaching in higher education (DRCD)
• Assisting in the supervision of MSc students (DRCD)
• Publisher deals (Lunch+Learn)
• Managing and sharing data openly (Lunch+Learn)

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