Academic Skills Project - Biology
This page contains details of the ASP workshops run by the School of Biology. For further information and to register for these workshops, contact the School ASP Coordinator Hayley McLennan by email at hmm27@st-andrews.ac.uk
Semester 1:
Workshop 1 - Finding Literature and Referencing
Date: 23 September 2025
Time: 13:00-13:50
Location: Purdie 222
Audience: First years
Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Review primary, secondary and tertiary literature types.
- Be able to use search tools within a database to find relevant scientific literature.
- Know why accurate referencing is important.
- Trial a referencing software and be familiar with library guides and help pages.
Workshop 2 - Writing Methods and Results
Date: 24/09/2025
Time: 13:00 - 13:50
Location: Purdie 222
Audience: Second years
Intended Learning outcomes:
- Know the appropriate language and tenses to be used for methods and discussions sections.
- Understand what information needs to be included within methods and results.
Workshop 3 - Giving Presentations
Date: 30/09/2025
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Audience: All years
Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Know what makes a presentation effective and engaging.
- Be able to design appropriate visual aids for presentations.
Workshop 4 - Using and applying feedback
Date: 01/10/2025
Time: 13:00 - 13:50
Location: Purdie 222
Audience: All years
Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Understand how marking rubrics are used to assess work.
- Apply feedback to improve a piece of work.
Workshop 5 - Using Figures and Diagrams
Date: 07/10/2025
Time: 13:00 - 13:50
Location: Purdie 222
Audience: All years
Intended Learning Outcomes:
- Understand when you would use a figure or a table.
- Know how to refer to figures and tables in the text.
- Be able to write appropriate figure and table legends.
Workshop 6 - Making Figures and Tables in R
Date: 08/10/2025
Time: 13:00 - 13:50
Location: Purdie 222
Intended learning outcomes:
- Describe the requirements of a good figure and table.
- Produce a figure and table in R.