Workshops for postgraduate researchers

As a postgraduate researcher, it is vital you can communicate effectively and help people from a variety of disciplines engage with your findings. You must also be able to navigate the literature of your field.

Our two-hour workshops will help you hone these essential skills. You will also benefit from collaboration with tutors and peers – sharing knowledge, building on your experiences and developing a community of practice.

Our workshops will be tailored to your academic needs, with topics to address key milestones throughout the year. After selected workshops, we will invite you to book a follow-up one-to-one tutorial. Both workshops and tutorials will be run by expert staff from the Centre for Academic Language and Development.

On-campus location

All our workshops will take place in person, on campus. Some of the workshops may also be offered online. We will offer up to 50 places per workshop.

One-to-one tutorials will take place online.

Low time-commitment

Although we will ask you to reflect on your wider academic practice, each workshop will be self-contained, requiring no additional work outside of the two hours. You will leave with skills and strategies that you can apply to your future studies.

Continued support

You can take part in one workshop or several, as suits you.

As part of each workshop, we will signpost you to any upcoming sessions, and to relevant resources and support. After some of the workshops, we will also invite you to book a follow-up one-to-one tutorial.

Tailored to you

Our workshops are suitable for both UK and international postgraduate researchers. However, some workshops will be suitable for first-year researchers only, while others will be for researchers in years two to four. The workshops taking place during academic writing month will be suitable for all postgraduate researchers.

In 25/26 we will be offering the following workshops:

• Reading academic literature effectively and efficiently 
• Choosing a structure for your writing 
• Writing your literature review: Mapping the field 
• Expressing & refining your writer's voice 
• Developing an argument in your writing  
• Finding and expressing your voice  
• Analysing academic writing style in your discipline  
• Writing your Y1 Progress Report  
• Communicating your research to different audiences  
• Structuring your writing coherently  
• Developing your academic writing style  
• Responding effectively to feedback on your writing 

We will also be delivering sessions for Academic Writing Month in November covering criticality, abstracts, working with peer feedback, and a general Q&A on academic writing.

 

Book your place

Find out more information about individual workshops and sign up on the Bristol Doctoral College events page. Each workshop will run only once in the academic year, so book promptly to avoid missing out. 

If you have already attended a workshop, we will contact you directly about booking a one-to-one tutorial.

All workshops and tutorials are free for University of Bristol postgraduate research students. You will not need to pay for any materials.