The paraphrasing workshop will help you master these essential skills, strengthen your academic voice and critical thinking, and will also help you avoid plagiarism. In this workshop, we will explore the fundamentals of these techniques, and provide clear guidance on how to use them. When used correctly, these skills allow you to demonstrate the depth of your subject understanding, and your ability to combine relevant material from many sources into a unified whole.

Synthesis is an important higher-level skill in academia. Good academic essays are often described as being ‘more than the sum of their parts,’ and this is largely down to their use of synthesis. This workshop explores the fundamentals of synthesis and offers practical guidance on how to balance and combine sources to show deep understanding. It also provides a space for students to practise this skill in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Struggle keeping track of your academic sources? Not sure how to organise your references? This workshop will provide an insight into how students across all levels and programmes can use Mendeley to store and organise their references.