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Once you know what you want to say, the next step is to develop and support your position assertively and effectively. This workshop explains how to develop a thesis statement and support it with logical, coherent and relevant reasons, examples and evidence.

It's no secret that scientists (and others) use numbers, formulas, graphs and tables in their work. This workshop discusses some of the mathematical techniques you will find useful in your scientific studies. Topics include fractions, decimals, percentages, rates, Scientific Notation, the SI Unit (...)

Many research students find that literature review work is difficult, unmanageable and overwhelming. This workshop aims to decrease student anxieties and provide a clearer understanding of what is needed to produce an effective literature review.

If you want to know how to incorporate sources more effectively in your writing, this is the place to start! Discover different ways of referring to sources to improve your academic writing style.

Looking for a way to record all the books and articles you've read, and organise your references? EndNote is a software tool that helps you do just that. UWA staff and students can download EndNote onto their personal machines for free. This workshop will introduce you to the features of EndNote (...)

If you’re not used to it, speaking in front of a group can be a challenging task! This workshop is designed to give you practical advice on effective communication including how to use your voice, what to do with your hands and how to appear calm and in control (even if it might not feel that way) (...)

Become familiar with what to include in each section of a thesis or dissertation.

Focuses on integration by partial fractions as a powerful tool for integrating rational expressions. The theory will be outlined clearly with many examples. Recommended for MATH1002 and higher level MATH students wishing to revise this topic.

Academic reports require different skills and a different format from essays. Gain the skills you need to tackle reports with efficiency and confidence.

Improve skills in using articles and transition words.

Academic reports require different skills and a different format from essays. Gain the skills you need to tackle reports with efficiency and confidence.

Become familiar with what to include in each section of a thesis or dissertation.

Focuses on integration by partial fractions as a powerful tool for integrating rational expressions. The theory will be outlined clearly with many examples.

Make every word count when you are doing written assignments.

This workshop will identify characteristics of successful seminar presentations and will get you thinking about how you can clearly convey your research to a wider audience.

This session also covers the definition of a function and links them to graphical representations of mathematical or experimental relationship. The concepts of domain and range are introduced in this graphical format as well as algebraically. An introduction to composite functions (and their domain/ (...)

Make every word count when you are doing written assignments.

Learn how to manage your study time better using year, weekly and daily planners.

If you want to improve your English language pronunciation, working on word stress is a good place to start. This workshop offers practical, hands on activities to help you improve your spoken communication by getting the stress right in words and word groups.