MSkills

Key details: MSkills is a development programme specifically for Masters students. For more information please visit the MSkills webpage:

Audience

聽M-Skills is a development programme specifically for taught postgraduate students. For more information please visit the MSkills webpage:聽

20 courses - these are all optional.

A language approach to unpacking exam questions
Effective Time Management
Expressing criticality in academic writing
- Monday 22 September 2025
Getting and staying organised for success
- Wednesday 15 October 2025
- Tuesday 27 January 2026
How to become a better procrastinator
Introduction to Endnote
Kick-start your Masters: PGT orientation event
Language for introductions and conclusions
Paraphrasing, summarising and synthesising
PGT Writing: Creating Effective Introductions and Conclusions
PGT Writing: Critical Thinking
PGT Writing: Editing and Proofreading for a Cohesive Text
PGT Writing: Engaging Sources and Constructing a Persuasive Argument
PGT Writing: The Fundamentals of Academic Writing
Posters and graphical abstracts: how to present your science visually
Reporting information from sources vs. author voice
- Wednesday 8 October 2025
Welcome event for taught postgraduates
- Tuesday 9 September 2025
Writing a lab report (Sciences)
- Tuesday 10 February 2026
Writing a lab report (Social Sciences)
Writing for dissertation success!

14 courses - these are all optional.

Communication Skills - Understanding How to Listen Differently : Listening Barriers, Styles and What To Listen For聽
Communication Skills - Understanding Human Behaviour Behind Communication: Negotiation, Teamwork and Leadership
Communication Skills - Understanding Human Behaviour Behind Communication: Negotiations and Challenging Conversations
Communication Skills - Understanding Human Behaviour Behind Communication: The Predictable
Communication Skills - Understanding Human Behaviour Behind Communication: The Unique
Communication Skills - Understanding The Importance of Timing and How To Influence: Using Hooks and Influential Language
Pecha Kucha Workshop
Posters and graphical abstracts: how to present your science visually
Presentation Skills
Speak up for success: Voice coaching for everyone
Success in Groupwork
Teaching skills: Designing a tutorial
Teaching skills: Diversity and inclusion in teaching
Teaching skills: The mechanics of learning

15 courses - these are all optional.

Assertiveness skills
Confidence and Personal Impact
Effective Time Management
Gender and Confidence
Getting and staying organised for success
- Wednesday 15 October 2025
- Tuesday 27 January 2026
Influencing skills: How to handle challenging conversations to achieve your goals
Introduction to Working with Policymakers
- Tuesday 28 October 2025
- Thursday 9 April 2026
Let's Discuss...Imposter Syndrome (Undergraduate & Postgraduate Taught)
PSC+ Organisational psychology - leadership academy
PSC+ Organisational Psychology - Managing Change
Resilience: Applications of the Beckhard Harris Change Equation
Resilience: Difference and resistance as drivers for innovation
Resilience: Introductory Session: Self Awareness 1
Resilience: Self Awareness 2
Resilience: Surfing the urge in creative conversations

10 courses - these are all optional.

Being enterprising
Creative writing: Experimental fiction
Creative writing: Reimagining characters: Prose Poetry
Creative writing: Writing about place and the self
Creative writing: Writing about the self and others: Autofiction
Influencing skills: How to handle challenging conversations to achieve your goals
Introduction to Working with Policymakers
- Tuesday 28 October 2025
- Thursday 9 April 2026
PSC - Make a movie on your mobile (basic)
PSC - Making ideas happen
PSC Applied - Creativity and action

6 courses - these are all optional.

1 course - these are all optional.