Key Information:
- Date and time
- Wed 12 April 2023
10:00 - 11:00 - Location
- Online: Blackboard Collaborate
- Contact
- UWE Bristol Library askalibrarian@uwe.ac.uk
- Cost
- Free
- Attendance
- Booking required
Description
This session will explore when and why you need to be formal in your academic writing and how to do this. You will learn to identify the differences between formal and informal language and apply these features to academic work.
This workshop is a part of the Communication Skills for International Students programme. It is designed for international students and students who use English as an additional language.
This workshop will take place online in Blackboard Collaborate &ndash guidance on using Collaborate is available. The workshop will have interactive elements and we recommend that if possible you use a laptop or PC with Chrome or Firefox as your browser. You may wish to use an additional mobile device or another tab in your browser for the interactive elements.
Workshop objectives
The aims of this workshop are to feel more confident about:
- identifying what makes academic writing formal
- applying the features of formal writing to academic work.
How to attend
If you are interested in attending this online event, please register via InfoHub.
The meeting room for this workshop and session materials are on the Study Skills Blackboard course.
If you have any questions or any accessibility needs, please do contact UWE Bristol library.
- Cost: Free
- Attendance: Booking required
Related events

Wed 22 March 2023, 12:00
Thinking Differently Café
Library, Room 4D24 (Level 4), Frenchay Campus
Come along for a chat with our friendly specialists in Specific Learning Differences and Neurodiversity (Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism).

Wed 22 March 2023, 13:00
Resilience PAL: Understand the Learnable Skills of Resilience
3D42, Frenchay Campus
Develop your resilience skills with this student-led workshop.

Thu 23 March 2023, 12:00
Thinking Differently Café
Bower Ashton Library Helpdesk , City Campus at Bower Ashton
Come along for a chat with our friendly specialists in Specific Learning Differences and Neurodiversity (Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism).
Thu 23 March 2023, 15:00
How to plan and structure your writing
Online: Blackboard Collaborate
This workshop looks at what written assignments are asking you to do, and how to go about planning and structuring an assignment.

Fri 24 March 2023, 11:00
Writing Café
4D24, Level 4, Frenchay Campus Library
Do you feel like you have lots of writing to do? This writing café is a welcoming and supportive space for you to meet library staff and other students and dedicate quiet, focussed time to your writing.

Fri 24 March 2023, 11:00
How to put your reading into your writing
2D09, Glenside Campus Library
This workshop will help you learn how to incorporate themes and ideas from multiple sources into your own work.

Fri 24 March 2023, 13:00
Resilience PAL: Managing Nervousness
Online: Microsoft Teams
<p>Continue to explore and develop your resilience skills with this student-led workshop on managing nervousness.</p>

Fri 24 March 2023, 13:00
Learning vocabulary 2: word meanings
Online: Blackboard Collaborate
The main focus of the workshop will be on vocabulary: meaning denotation, connotation, synonyms and antonyms.

Mon 27 March 2023, 12:00
Thinking Differently Café
Glenside Library Helpdesk, Glenside Campus
Come along for a chat with our friendly specialists in Specific Learning Differences and Neurodiversity (Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism).

Tue 28 March 2023, 12:00
Thinking Differently Café
Library, Room 4D24 (Level 4), Frenchay Campus
Come along for a chat with our friendly specialists in Specific Learning Differences and Neurodiversity (Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD and Autism).

Tue 28 March 2023, 14:00
How to improve your critical writing
2D09, D Block, Glenside Campus
This interactive workshop is especially useful if you are undertaking level three or postgraduate study and want to improve your critical writing skills.

Tue 28 March 2023, 14:00
Learning vocabulary 3: words in context
4D24, Level 4, Frenchay Campus Library
The main focus of the workshop will be on making you aware of collocations – words that are commonly used together.