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<\/a>Online and Manawatu<\/h2>\nThere are two online StudyUp sessions this week.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday and Thursday, “Hit the Ground Running” will talk about the first days and weeks of study. At this stage of the semester, it’s especially important to put together a study timetable and get a head start on your initial assignments, and this workshop tells you how.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday and Friday, “Death by Textbook” discusses ways to approach your reading, and tactics for reading dense academic material.<\/p>\n
The sessions are free to all students and you can participate from any computer or mobile device with an Internet connection. Get all the details here: StudyUp<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also online this Thursday is a postgraduate seminar by Dr. Jonathan Godfrey on the correct use of statistics when writing your thesis. See the full programme here: Online and Manawatu Postgraduate Workshops<\/a>.<\/p>\n At Albany campus this week, there are free workshops for undergraduate, postgraduate, and distance students.<\/p>\n On Tuesday and Wednesday there will be postgraduate workshops on “Reading and Critiquing Journal Articles.” Journal articles represent the coal-face of research, and the ability to effectively apply and analyse those articles is an essential part of postgraduate study.<\/p>\n On Wednesday there will be a lunchtime session on paragraph writing; on Saturday there’s a full-day session on all aspects of academic writing (for distance students).<\/p>\n Some of these sessions require registration, so be sure to check the full Albany workshop programme<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n Wellington campus ran sessions today on note-taking and paragraph writing.<\/p>\n<\/a>Albany<\/h2>\n<\/a>Wellington<\/h2>\n