Academic skills workshops

About the workshops

Ace your first-year nursing assessments with this course-aligned workshop. These First-Year Nursing Workshops are tailored to student assessments and aim at teaching students the academic skills required to succeed in the first year of their nursing degree. These workshops will assist with the following skills:

• Understanding your assessment questions
• Unpacking marking rubrics
• Researching and referencing skills
• Essay writing skills
• Effective paragraphs and cohesive writing
• Presentation skills
• Group work skills

Autumn nursing workshops on campus

Running during weeks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and week 8.

• UOW Bega Valley: Wednesday, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Room G19LCS
• UOW Eurobodalla: Tuesday, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Room G23
• UOW Liverpool: Monday, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Room 133
• UOW Shoalhaven: Wednesday, 12.30 pm – 13.30 pm, Room G04
• UOW Sutherland: Thurssday, 12.30 – 13.30 pm, RoomG06
• UOW Wollongong:  Monday, 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm, Building 19, Room G002 or Wednesday, 2.30 pm – 1.30 pm Academic skills centre, GF Library

Online sessions

A recording of each workshop will be available on Fridays via the SNUG102 Moodle site.

Weekly workshop content

Week 2: Foundation skills: Researching and referencing (SNUG107 assessments)
Build your research skills using databases and effective search strategies. Learn about the importance of referencing and how to use the APA7 style guide.

Week 3: Oral presentation and viva voca skills (SNUG 107 and SNUG102 assessments)
Learn how to deliver a face-to-face group presentation, speak with confidence, prepare for an interactive oral (viva voce) and demonstrate your knowledge during the assessment.

Week 4: Structuring a response for essays and case studies (SNUG102 and SNUG107 assessments)
Understand the importance of structure when writing an essay, from introduction to conclusion and how to approach a case study in an assessment task.

Week 5: Paragraphs, cohesion and integrating evidence for written and oral tasks (SNUG102 and SNUG107 assessments)
Learn about evaluating resources and integrating evidence effectively in your paragraphs and how to use transition signals to create cohesion in your writing.

Week 6: Developing a reflective response (SNUG102 assessment)
Understand how to write a reflective response for written and oral assessments.

Week 8: Developing a resource – poster/video (SNUG107 and SNUG111 assessments)
Learn skills in developing a resource for SNUG107 and SNUG111 assessments.

In-person learning and maths skills drop-in sessions

Learning and Maths Skills Advisors are also available for drop-ins at the locations below.

UOW Wollongong
Location: Academic Skills Centre, Ground Floor, Library

UOW Liverpool 
Location: Student Success Hub

Sutherland Learning Skills
Location: Communal kitchen area

Shoalhaven Learning Skills
Location: Cafeteria

Please register to attend via the Student Success Portal > Learning Skills Support / Maths Skills Support > Events. Walk-ins also welcome.

Online learning and maths skills drop-in sessions

Register to attend online drop-in sessions via  Student Success Portal > Learning Skills Support / Maths Skills Support > Events

• Learning Skills Online
• Maths Skills Online
• Wollongong Learning Skills
• Wollongong Maths Skills

A range of workshops will be held throughout the session.

To register and find out more visit the Student Success Portal > Learning Skills Support / Maths Skills Support > Events.
Walk-ins also welcome.

Information about our Spring program will be available soon. Please revisit this page for updates.

Information about our Spring program will be available soon. Please revisit this page for updates.

Postgraduate Business workshops 

Students can access Postgraduate Business workshops via the Sydney Business School Student Handbook Moodle site. 

HDR seminars

Students can access HDR seminars via the Graduate Research School.