Episodes

  • A Wee Blether About...Academic Skills Beyond University
    Dec 23 2024

    In this episode, Linda, Carly and Mairi are joined by Lindsay from the UWS Careers team to talk about how all the academic skills you gain at university can help you in the workplace.

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    29 mins
  • A Wee Blether About...Christmas 2024 🎄🎉
    Dec 9 2024

    The Academic Skills team get together for an end-of-term chat about how to access the service over the Christmas break 🎅🥳

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    9 mins
  • A Wee Blether About...Our New Website
    Nov 20 2024

    In this episode, Linda is joined by John and Carly for a quick tour around the new UWS Academic Skills website and a behind-the-scenes look into the making of it!

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    12 mins
  • Another Wee Blether About...Presentations
    Nov 6 2024

    In this episode, the UWS Academic Skills team offer their top tips on how to deal with a presentation task. They discuss how to structure your talk, the language you should use, incorporating references and how to deal with nerves.

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    18 mins
  • A Wee Blether About...Manchester Phrasebank
    Oct 30 2024

    In this episode, Linda is joined by John, Carly and Mairi to discuss a useful tool that can help improve your academic writing- the Academic Phrasebank from the University of Manchester.

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    13 mins
  • A Wee Blether About...Proofreading
    Sep 27 2024

    In this episode, the Academic Skills team discuss the all important final phase of the assignment writing process- the proofreading stage.

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    14 mins
  • A Quick Wee Blether About...TextAid
    Sep 2 2024

    TextAid is a literacy tool available to all UWS students. In this short episode, the Academic Skills Advisers discuss their favourite functions within TextAid- have a listen and see if any of these might benefit you whilst working on your assignments.

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    9 mins
  • A Quick Wee Blether About...PEAS (TOP TIPS)
    Aug 14 2024

    In this short episode, UWS Academic Skills Adviser John chats to host Linda about the PEAS model, which is a great way to go about organising your paragraphs in your writing.

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    6 mins