ANU Academic Skills

Menzies Library will be closed from 5pm Friday 20 December 2024 to 10am Monday 6 January 2025 for the University closedown period.

Still studying or working on a research project over the holiday period? Academic Skills have tonnes of resources to help with time management, reading strategies, note taking and more. Just visit anu.edu.au/students/academic-skills

The Academic Skills team have hit pause on our support sessions for the year. Stay tuned to our socials to find out when we are kicking off Let’s Speak English, Writing Coaches and Peer Writers for 2025!

Learning Adviser sessions will continue during December and January by appointment.

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Writing a thesis? This webinar on 27 November focuses on how to use Microsoft Word within an academic setting to add graphics and Excel elements, create and use master documents and subdocuments or inserting chapters in one file, and tables of contents and figures.

Register here https://anu.libcal.com/event/5733351

Writing a thesis? This webinar on 20 November focuses on how to use Word within an academic setting, in particular the features that support the creation of long documents and theses.

Register on the Library events page https://anulib.anu.edu.au/news-events/events-exhibitions

Need help with your research data management?
On 25 November ANU Academic Skills are running an introductory workshop on Data Management: what is digital research data and why does it need to be managed? Issues relating to data are explained and various methods for solving problems with software tools and ANU services are described.

Register on the Library events page https://anulib.anu.edu.au/news-events/events-exhibitions

Do you want to build on your peer mentoring and leadership experience? Are you keen to help your fellow students with their academic literacy skills?
If so, we invite you to apply for the casual position of Peer Mentor for the 2025 academic year: https://careerhub.anu.edu.au/students/jobs/330178
Applications close 5 January, 2025. Any questions, please contact Dr Zihan Yin ([email protected]).

On 13 November ANU Academic Skills are running a workshop on formatting your document for academic writing.

Learn how to use Word efficiently to format and navigate long documents, formatting tables and inserting captions, using page breaks and section breaks. Efficiently use headings, track changes and footnotes/endnotes.

Sign up here https://anu.libcal.com/event/5733345

Are you an HDR candidate in STEM? Check out this workshop on writing and publishing in scholarly journals on 8 November!

Register here https://anu.libcal.com/event/5726246

The Menzies Library branch will be open the next two Saturdays from 1-5pm! Lots of great study spaces, whether you're study alone or in a group!

Need somewhere quiet to ahead of ?
The Menzies Library will be open 1-5 pm Saturday 9 and 16 November!

Need a study break? Time for some self-care!

Pop by of one of the Library’s drop in snack and study break sessions for a little pick me up:
• Chifley: 4 November 10:30am
• Hancock: 5 November 10:30am and 7 November 10.30am
• Law: 4 November 10:15am

No need to register!