Short Courses and Workshops

This short course is designed to build confidence and competence in students returning to maths or in need of a refresher.

You will be able to work through modules at your own pace with support and guidance from our experienced facilitators, who will be on hand to assist you to work through mathematical concepts.

This course is particularly helpful for students intending to study courses where mathematics and statistics are required.

You can choose to participate in The Maths Refresher either face to face or online. All registrants should attend the online introductory session.

Internal students should attend the on-campus workshop. External students should work through material at their own pace and join the online External Workshop.

Unable to make the first session? Follow these instructions to join the online organisation.

Download the Maths Refresher Short Course workbooks in PDF format:

• Maths Refresher Workbook 1 (PDF, 988 KB)
• Maths Refresher Workbook 2 (PDF, 1225 KB)

Revise basic statistics concepts that will support future learning throughout your degree. You will learn how to collect, organise, analyse and interpret information.

This session introduces you to the self-paced online modules.

Unable to make the video chat sessions? Follow these instructions to join the online organisation.

If you missed the Basic Statistics Short Course, you can download the workshop presentation slides (PDF, 7131 KB)

Academic writing is very different to the writing you might be familiar with outside of university. This informative and hands-on course is designed to address the skills needed to research and write various academic texts such as essays, reports and annotated bibliographies.

The Academic Writing Short Course is conducted in three 50 minute fully online sessions.

Online Academic Writing Short Course

If you are unable to attend the Academic Writing Workshop on campus The Learning Centre also provides a series of webinar recordings which are available at the bottom of the page.

Workshop overview

Part I: Unpacking the essay question and searching library databases
Learn effective strategies for understanding your essay question and searching library databases. Have a copy of your subject outline and one of your subject readings on hand for this active learning session.

Part II: Taking notes and planning for writing
Learn various methods for taking notes, how to structure and organise your first academic assignment.

Part III: Integrating evidence, editing and referencing
One of the most important learning and assessment tools at university is the writing of essays. These essays differ from the essays you wrote at school. Firstly, they are written in an academic style, and secondly, the content is often a synthesis of ideas you have collected from a wide variety of readings. Learn how to summarise and paraphrase research and readings and reference accordingly.

If you missed the Academic Writing Short Course, you can download the workshop presentation slides (PDF, 2974 KB), or you may be interested in the Academic Writing in the Disciplines Workshops (see below). Download the Summarising, Paraphrasing and Quoting slides here (PDF, 1696 KB).

For additional academic writing support visit: Essay Writing Basics, Assignment Guides and The Writing Guide.

This short course will focus on helping you to read more efficiently and develop strategies to interact creatively and critically with the information you have read. Make working through the "Getting the most from your Readings" modules more relevant to your specific needs by using one of your own  subject readings.

If you missed the getting the most from your readings workshop, you can download the workshop presentation slides. (PPTX, 1155 KB)

This short course is for students who have English as an additional language. Studying in an Australian university may be very different to how you study in your own country. By working through these modules you will have a clearer understanding of the University’s expectations of you, what being an independent learner means, how to engage with critical thinking, how to avoid plagiarism and ways to develop your English.

Join us for a short virtual face-to face session to introduce you to the modules and to the Learning Advisers who are here to support you to succeed.

Making a Start: an academic orientation for postgraduate coursework students

As a new Masters (coursework) student are you unsure of what to expect? This workshop covers expectations for academic writing and writing genres; critical thinking; writing tips; how to approach writing tasks; deciphering subject outlines, task sheets and assessment rubrics/criteria, and tips on data analysis and useful statistics resources.

Join us for a short virtual face-to face session to introduce you to the modules and to the Learning Advisers who are here to support you to succeed.

Learn valuable organisation and study skills to maximise your learning, make the best use of your time and thus achieve better results.

Self-Study Workshops

• Study smarter not harder (PDF, 2339 KB)
• Effective reading (PDF, 2874 KB) and note-taking (PDF, 392 KB)
• Studying for exams (PDF, 444 KB)
• Exam tactics (PDF, 446 KB)

Develop your understanding of writing for academic purposes by learning how to organise and express your ideas. Explore a variety of assessment types to help you succeed at university and beyond. These self-study guides focus on the fundamentals of writing (paragraphing, using evidence, etc.) with reference to discipline specific typical text types / genres.

Self-Study Guides

Writing in the Sciences (PDF, 2210KB)

Writing in the Humanities (PDF, 1010KB)

If you missed the postgraduate by coursework academic orientation, you can access the material in the self-study workshop Making a Start by clicking this link.

Once you have complete the modules, we would value your feedback. Please click this link for a short survey.