Study skills

How to get started with critical writing

Key Information:

Date and time: Wed 10 January 2024
14:00 - 15:00
Location: Online: Microsoft Teams
Contact: UWE Bristol Library Contact the Library
Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

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UK Online Study skills Current students

Description

This workshop looks at what is meant by critical writing and provides an opportunity to review sample paragraphs.

There is also a How to write critically online workbook with similar activities and content to the live workshop.

Workshop objectives

To feel more confident about:

exploring what is meant by critical thinking
identifying features of descriptive and critical writing
analysing student writing.

How to attend

If you are interested in attending this online event, please register via InfoHub.

This workshop will take place online in Microsoft Teams – guidance on using Microsoft Teams is available. The workshop will have interactive elements and we recommend that if possible you use a laptop or PC. You may wish to use an additional mobile device or another tab in your browser for the interactive elements.

The room will be open from 10 minutes before the session start time.

The session materials are on the Study Skills site. Please click on the workshop title in the list.

Cost: Free
Attendance: Booking required

Accessibility

Most of our online events take place on Microsoft Teams. Follow this handy guide on accessibility tools within Microsoft Teams.

For further details on accessibility at UWE Bristol Library, check out our Library accessibility guide or contact us for specific queries.

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