MSkills
Key details: MSkills is a development programme specifically for Masters students. For more information please visit the MSkills webpage: MSkills
Audience
- PG taught
Programme information
M-Skills is a development programme specifically for taught postgraduate students. For more information please visit the MSkills webpage: https://stleonardscollege.st-andrews.ac.uk/skills-and-training/masters-students-skills-and-training/mskills/
Academic
21 courses - these are all optional.
- A language approach to unpacking exam questions
- Thursday 31 October 2024
- Effective Time Management
- Expressing criticality in academic writing
- Getting and staying organised for success
- Tuesday 8 October 2024
- Tuesday 8 October 2024
- How to become a better procrastinator
- Introduction to Endnote
- Kick-start your Masters: PGT orientation event
- Language for introductions and conclusions
- Thursday 24 October 2024
- Paraphrasing, summarising and synthesising
- Thursday 10 October 2024
- 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
- Tuesday 15 October 2024
- Welcome event for taught postgraduates
- Writing a lab report (Sciences)
- Tuesday 11 February 2025
- Writing a lab report (Social Sciences)
- Wednesday 12 February 2025
- Writing conference abstracts, proposals and bios
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
- Writing for dissertation success!
Communication & engagement
15 courses - these are all optional.
- Communication Skills - Understanding How to Listen Differently : Listening Barriers, Styles and What To Listen For
- Thursday 10 October 2024
- 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
- Tuesday 15 October 2024
- Pecha Kucha Workshop
- Posters and graphical abstracts: how to present your science visually
- Presentation Skills
- Thursday 20 February 2025
- Speak up for success: Voice coaching for everyone
- Monday 11 November 2024
- Thursday 27 February 2025
- Success in Groupwork
- Tuesday 12 November 2024
- Teaching skills: Designing a tutorial
- Teaching skills: Diversity and inclusion in teaching
- Teaching skills: The mechanics of learning
- Writing conference abstracts, proposals and bios
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
Confidence & leadership
15 courses - these are all optional.
- Assertiveness skills
- Confidence and Personal Impact
- Thursday 13 February 2025
- Effective Time Management
- Gender and Confidence
- Getting and staying organised for success
- Tuesday 8 October 2024
- Tuesday 8 October 2024
- Influencing skills: How to handle challenging conversations to achieve your goals
- Introduction to Working with Policymakers
- Friday 18 October 2024
- Friday 18 October 2024
- Tuesday 11 March 2025
- Tuesday 11 March 2025
- Let's Discuss...Imposter Syndrome (Undergraduate & Postgraduate Taught)
- Tuesday 8 October 2024
- Tuesday 19 November 2024
- 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
Creative & entrepreneurial
10 courses - these are all optional.
- Being enterprising
- Tuesday 18 February 2025
- Creative writing: Experimental fiction
- Creative writing: Reimagining characters: Prose Poetry
- Thursday 14 November 2024
- Creative writing: Writing about place and the self
- Thursday 17 October 2024
- 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
- Friday 18 October 2024
- Friday 18 October 2024
- Tuesday 11 March 2025
- Tuesday 11 March 2025
- PSC - Make a movie on your mobile (basic)
- PSC - Making ideas happen
- PSC Applied - Creativity and action
Digital
6 courses - these are all optional.
- AI in education: algorithmic decision making
- Wednesday 12 March 2025
- AI in education: conversation online and the impact agenda
- Wednesday 19 February 2025
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification briefing
- Microsoft Word: Producing a dissertation
- NVivo (day 1): Introducing the software and qualitative analysis
- Tuesday 29 October 2024
- Thursday 20 March 2025
- NVivo (day 2): Advanced features and customising your approach
- Wednesday 30 October 2024
- Friday 21 March 2025
Sustainability
1 course - these are all optional.
- PSC+ Sustainability - what is sustainability: sustainability fundamentals
Programme organiser
IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk