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EMPOWERING STUDENTS THROUGH TRANSITIONS:
INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO RESOURCES, SKILLS & SERVICES
❦ Dr Diane Scott & Dr Hannah
TweedStudent Learning Services
University of Glasgow
Timeline of AWSP
2006 First incarnation of AWSP with diagnostic
exercise
2000-2011 AWSP run through departments (English
Lit & Scot Lit)
2012 AWSP centralised through the SLS
2014-2015 Format change from 6 x 1hour classes to 2 x 2
hour classes
2015-2016 Run 3 x 1.5 hour classes
SLS Workshops: 1st year to PGT
Making the Most of Your TimeEffective Reading Strategies
Critical Thinking Developing Your Academic Style
ReferencingWriting Introductions & Conclusions
Writing in ExamsDissertation Planning
AWSP Timetable
Week 1What is an academic essay?
The role(s) of the writer and the reader
What is plagiarism?Why and how do we reference?What is academic style/tone?Planning your essay and basic
structure
AWSP Timetable
Week 2
Essay structure in more detailParagraphing
Sentence structureProofreading
Q & A
Grade Boundaries
Grade Boundaries
Feedback Example
Feedback Example
Examples of Class Material
Examples of Class Material
Teaching Strategies
Discussion – group and class
Encouraging questions & opinions
Flexibility – allowing teaching and class discussion to follow students’
interests & concerns
Interesting and/or practical examples
Teaching StrategiesQ: How do you make the comma interesting…?
“Highlights of his global tour include encounters with Nelson Mandela, an 800-year-old demigod and a dildo collector.”
Teaching Strategies‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today without my parents, Darth Vader and Queen Amidala.’
- Luke Skywalker
‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today without my parents, Darth Vader, and Queen Amidala.’
- Any other Jedi
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Essay Questions
• Should all university students study a foreign language?
• Is alcohol more dangerous than some drugs?• Should the State fund the Arts?• Has sexual equality been achieved in the
Western World?• Should everyone have to carry an identity
card?• Is there an argument for penalising parents
who have more than two children?
