Training Courses Information Services offer a variety of training courses and drop-in sessions which allow you to gain or develop information handling and computing skills. Areas covered include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation packages, email and web page writing. Information management training is also offered and covers the use of resources such web gateways, bibliographic databases and library catalogues. Key learning, Writing and English Language Skills. A range of workshops are organised to help you develop the skills to study more successfully for example training on effective time-management, extracting essential information, citation skills and revision and exam skills.
Workshops also cover academic writing.
Courses are also organised aimed at improving the English language skills of students whose first language is not English. The Postgraduate Research Training and Development Programme Aberystwyth is committed to the provision of high quality research training for its postgraduate students, and has developed a research training programme for this purpose. The programme is interdisciplinary, and is designed to develop and enhance the postgraduate student's research capability, enabling their thesis to be completed more efficiently, and equipping them with a range of transferable and marketable research skills. A number of training sessions are organised on a variety of skills issues relating to the work of academic and non-academic staff.