MSkills
Key details: MSkills is a development programme specifically for Masters students. For more information please visit the MSkills webpage:
Audience
- PG taught
Programme information
聽M-Skills is a development programme specifically for taught postgraduate students. For more information please visit the MSkills webpage:聽
Academic
10 courses - these are all optional.
- Constructing strong introductions and conclusions
- Monday 19 October 2026
- Wednesday 10 March 2027
- Expressing criticality in academic writing
- Monday 28 September 2026
- Tuesday 23 March 2027
- Fundamentals of editing
- Wednesday 10 February 2027
- Getting and staying organised for success
- Paraphrasing, summarising and synthesising
- PGT Writing: Planning writing
- Reporting information from sources vs. author voice
- Tuesday 13 October 2026
- Research data: why, when and how to publish them
- Monday 30 November 2026
- Tuesday 9 March 2027
- Welcome event for taught postgraduates
- Tuesday 15 September 2026
- Monday 28 September 2026
- Writing a lab report (Sciences)
Creative and entrepreneurial
5 courses - these are all optional.
- CVs and job applications: getting onto the short-list
- Sunday 4 April 2027
- Developing your entrepreneurial mindset (For PhD Students)
- Grant writing: writing for success
- Introduction to Working with Policymakers
- Turning your PhD into a start-up
Digital
5 courses - these are all optional.
- AI in education: algorithmic decision making
- Thursday 8 October 2026
- AI in education: conversation online and the impact agenda
- Tuesday 2 February 2027
- Introduction to Endnote
- NVivo (day 1): Introducing the software and qualitative analysis
- Monday 26 October 2026
- Tuesday 16 March 2027
- NVivo (day 2): Advanced features and customising your approach
- Tuesday 27 October 2026
- Wednesday 17 March 2027
Programme organiser
IELLI
Email: ielli@st-andrews.ac.uk