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EMPOWERING STUDENTS THROUGH TRANSITIONS: INTRODUCING STUDENTS TO RESOURCES, SKILLS & SERVICES Dr Diane Scott & Dr Hannah Tweed Student Learning Services University of Glasgow
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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

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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

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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

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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

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AWSP Timetable

Week 2

Essay structure in more detailParagraphing

Sentence structureProofreading

Q & A

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Grade Boundaries

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Grade Boundaries

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Feedback Example

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Feedback Example

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Examples of Class Material

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Examples of Class Material

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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

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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.”

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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? 


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