Need help developing your Microsoft Office skills, or wrestling with Python?

We have the workshops to help you master academic software.

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Monday 6th October 2025

Using OneDrive Efficiently

Ever lose a file or struggle with version control? This workshop explains how to set up your student OneDrive for efficient file management, so you can access, organise and amend your files from any device.

 Bay Campus
 Monday 6th October 2025
10:00 - 11:00

digital skills, OneDrive, file management

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using a laptop and a mobile

Getting the most from Outlook

Learn the key elements of a professional email. This workshop also covers how to prioritise the emails you receive, manage events in your calendar, create a to-do list and share files in different ways.

 Bay Campus
 Monday 6th October 2025
11:00 - 12:00

 digital skills, Outlook, emails, calendar, to-do lists

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Academic Writing in English

This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.

  Singleton Campus
  Monday 6th October 2025 (Session 2 of 10)
 12:00 - 13:00

 writing, grammar

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a student writing

Setting up a spreadsheet

Want to find an efficient way to process your data? Learn how to sort and label large quantities of information enabling you to quickly extract the information you need.

 Bay Campus
 Monday 6th October 2025
13:00 - 15:00

 digital skills, Excel

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Tuesday 7th October 2025

Using OneDrive Efficiently

Ever lose a file or struggle with version control? This workshop explains how to set up your student OneDrive for efficient file management, so you can access, organise and amend your files from any device.

 Singleton Campus
 Tuesday 7th October 2025
10:00 - 11:00

digital skills, OneDrive, file management

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using a laptop and a mobile

Drop-in sessions

We offer friendly one to one support through weekly drop-in sessions for support with writing, delivering presentations and exam preparations. There is no need to make an appointment, just pop along to have a chat with one of our advisors.

  Hwb, Digital Technium, Singleton Campus
  Tuesday 7th October 2025
 10:00 - 11:30

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Drop-in sessions

Getting the most from Outlook

Learn the key elements of a professional email. This workshop also covers how to prioritise the emails you receive, manage events in your calendar, create a to-do list and share files in different ways.

 Singleton Campus
 Tuesday 7th October 2025
11:00 - 12:00

 digital skills, Outlook, emails, calendar, to-do lists

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a person looking something up on their computer

Reading Skills

This course will introduce you to different strategies to improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension. You will learn ways to improve your reading in English, using academic and news text sources.

  Bay Campus
  Tuesday 7th October 2025 (Session 2 of 5)
 12:00 - 13:00

 study skills, english language support, academic reading

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books

Pronunciation

The course is designed for students whose first language is not English. It will allow you to practise different English sounds and sentence stresses, to make your speech more fluent and natural and help you be better understood.

  Singleton Campus
Tuesday 7th October 2025 (Session 2 of 8)
 12:00 - 13:00

 English pronunciation, English sounds, sentence stress

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Solving Quadratic Equations

A quadratic equation is a polynomial equation of degree 2. The ''U'' shaped graph of a quadratic is called a parabola. A quadratic equation has two solutions. Either two distinct real solutions, one double real solution or two imaginary solutions. There are several methods we can use to solve a quadratic equation explored in this workshop.

  Ar-lein trwy Zoom
  Tuesday 7th October 2025
  14:00 - 15:00

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Equations on paper

The principles of slide design

Do your presentations engage your audience? Come along to our hands-on slide design workshop and discover top tips to make the most of Microsoft PowerPoint. Create better looking presentations and avoid the basic errors that cause your audience to switch off.

 Singleton Campus
 Tuesday 7th October 2025
 15:00 - 17:00

 digital skills, PowerPoint, slide design

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Statistical Model Testing in R

This workshop will take you through some more complex but commonly statistical analysis tests: regression analysis. Working in the programme R, students will be given datasets, and work through the appropriate statistical analysis and interpretation (including linear regression and mixed model regression).

 Online via Zoom
  Tuesday 7th October 2025
  15:00 - 16:00

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R software on a computer

Getting to know Python

This workshop is a beginner’s guide to python. We will cover basic concepts (variable, types, lists), and then move onto using functions, methods and packages to improve your code writing skills. At the end we will touch on NumPy a fundamental data science package in Python.

  Online by Zoom
  Tuesday 7th October 2025
  16:00 - 17:00

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Wednesday 8th October 2025

Offer a thechnoleg ysgrifennu

 Cyngor ymarferol ar y dechnoleg a chefnogaeth ddigidol sydd ar gael i’ch cefnogi wrth weithio drwy’r Gymraeg.

  Campws Singleton
  Dydd Mercher 8fed Hydref 2025
 10:00 - 11:00

Cofrestrwch ar gyfer y gweithdy hwn
myfyriwr yn gweithio ar gyfrifiadur

Drop-in sessions

We offer friendly one to one support through weekly drop-in sessions for support with writing, delivering presentations and exam preparations. There is no need to make an appointment, just pop along to have a chat with one of our advisors.

  Hwb, Digital Technium, Singleton Campus
  Wednesday 8th October 2025
 10:00 - 11:30

Come along to the drop-in session
Drop-in sessions

Setting up a spreadsheet

Want to find an efficient way to process your data? Learn how to sort and label large quantities of information enabling you to quickly extract the information you need.

 Singleton Campus
 Wednesday 8th October 2025
10:00 - 12:00

 digital skills, Excel

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a person working on a spreadsheet

Moesau ymchwil

Sesiwn drafod a holi ac ateb lle byddwn yn egluro'r perthynas rhwng dulliau ymchwil, a'r broses o gasglu data, gan gynnwys y penderfyniadau ac ymresymu sy'n rhan o'r broses fethodolegol. Byddwn yn trafod eich anghenion ymchwil penodol fel rhan o'r sesiwn.

  Singleton campus
  Dydd Mercher 8fed Hydref 2025
 11:00 - 12:00

Cofrestrwch ar gyfer y gweithdy hwn
Moesau ymchwil

Getting to know Python

This workshop is a beginner’s guide to python. We will cover basic concepts (variable, types, lists), and then move onto using functions, methods and packages to improve your code writing skills. At the end we will touch on NumPy a fundamental data science package in Python.

  Singleton Campus
  Wednesday 8th October 2025
  11:00 - 12:00

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a student looking at a Python textbook

Grammar Basics

This is a course for students whose first language is not English. It will improve your basic grammar before you write your assignments. This course covers key areas of English grammar such as the use of active/passive voice and basic sentence structures to improve written accuracy.

 Singleton Campus
 Wednesday 8th October 2025 (Session 2 of 10)
 12:00 - 13:00

writing, grammar

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An English grammar book

Sesh sgwrs wythnosol

Sesiwn anffurfiol i ymarfer a datblygu eich sgiliau Cymraeg ar lafar. Dewch â gwaith, neu goffi – mae croeso mawr i bawb, beth bynnag eich lefel iaith!

  Technoleg Ddigidol 110b, Campws Singleton
 Dydd Mercher 8fed Hydref 2025
 12:00 - 13:00

Dewch draw i'r sesiwn galw heibio
myfyrwyr yn sgwrsio yn Gymraeg

Intermediate Python

This intermediate workshop builds on the getting to know Python workshop by exploring data visualisation through Matplotlib, understanding dictionaries and Pandas, using logic, control flow and filtering as well a loop for executing repeated code.

 Singlton Campus
  Wednesday 8th October 2025
 12:00 - 13:00

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a student using Python

Academic Writing in English

This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.

  Online via Zoom
  Wednesday 8th October 2025 (Session 2 of 10)
 13:00 - 14:00

 writing, grammar

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a student writing

Cadw trefn ar eich ymchwil

Yn y gweithdy hwn, byddwn yn edrych yn fanylach ar y broses o gyfansoddi brawddegau a pharagraffau ar gyfer gwaith academaidd, er mwyn deall eu dyletswyddau, sut i fynegi’ch pwyntiau'n glir, a dangos naws a phwyslais yn eich ysgrifennu.

  Campws Singleton
  Dydd Mercher 8fed Hydref 2025
 14:00 - 15:00

Cofrestrwch ar gyfer y gweithdy hwn
Cadw trefn ar eich ymchwil

Mathematical Expressions

Mathematical expressions are numbers, operators and symbols grouped to 'express' or 'show' a value. Once you understand manipulating expressions principles, you can factorise and simplify expressions. This workshop explores collecting like terms, expanding brackets, factorizing quadratic expressions and dealing with algebraic fractions.

  Singleton Campus
 Wednesday 8th October 2025
  14:00 - 15:00

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Equations on chalk board

Page Layout & Time saving tips

Learn to adjust page layout, insert or remove page or section breaks and add numbering and a coversheet. Master editing shortcuts and tools to dictate and help proofread your work, plus troubleshooting tips.

Singleton Campus
 Wednesday 8th October 2025
14:00 - 16:00

digital skills, Word, page margins, section breaks, page numbering, dictation, proofreading

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Logarithms and exponentials

A knowledge of indices is essential for an understanding of most algebraic processes. In this workshop, we will learn about powers and rules for manipulating them. Furthermore, we will explore logarithms and exponentials.

  Singleton Campus
 Wednesday 8th October 2025
  15:00 - 16:00

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Equations on a chalk board

Maths and Stats Drop-in

We offer friendly one to one support through weekly drop-in sessions for support with maths and statistics. There is no need to make an appointment, just pop along to have a chat with one of our advisors.

  Room 36, Stable Block, Singleton Campus
  Wednesday 8th October 2025
 15:00 - 17:00

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Stats on a computer

Thursday 9th October 2025

Drop-in sessions

We offer friendly one to one support through weekly drop-in sessions for support with writing, delivering presentations and exam preparations. There is no need to make an appointment, just pop along to have a chat with one of our advisors.

  Hwb, Engineering Central Reception, Bay Campus
  Thursday 9th October 2025
 10:00 - 11:30

Come along to the drop-in session
Drop-in sessions

The principles of slide design

Do your presentations engage your audience? Come along to our hands-on slide design workshop and discover top tips to make the most of Microsoft PowerPoint. Create better looking presentations and avoid the basic errors that cause your audience to switch off.

 Bay Campus
 Thursday 9th October 2025
10:00 - 12:00

 digital skills, PowerPoint, slide design

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presentation slides on a computer

Getting to know LaTeX

This workshop is a beginners guide to writing documents in LaTeX using Overleaf. No prior knowledge is needed for this workshop or any other computing language, it will cover the basics of LaTeX including document structure, typesetting text, tables, figures, equations and Inserting references.

 Bay Campus
 Thursday 9th October 2025
 11:00 - 12:00

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Latex software on a computer

Advanced Grammar

This course will help you to develop your communication skills, both written and verbal. Being able to identify grammatical patterns and then apply them to your own work will improve the clarity of your work.

 Singleton Campus
 Thursday 9th October (Session 2 of 8)
 11:00 - 12:00

writing, grammar

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An English grammar book

Pronunciation

The course is designed for students whose first language is not English. It will allow you to practise different English sounds and sentence stresses, to make your speech more fluent and natural and help you be better understood.

  Bay Campus
  Thursday 9th October 2025 (Session 2 of 8)
 12:00 - 13:00

 English pronunciation, English sounds, sentence stress

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students chatting

Intermediate Latex

This intermediate workshop builds on the getting to know LaTeX workshop by exploring the presentation package in LaTeX called beamer. We will also cover more complicated packages in LaTeX and look at how to use them.

 Bay Campus
 Thursday 9th October 2025
 12:00 - 13:00

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LaTeX software on a computer

Reading Skills

This course will introduce you to different strategies to improve your vocabulary and reading comprehension. You will learn ways to improve your reading in English, using academic and news text sources.

  Singleton Campus
  Thursday 9th October 2025 (Session 2 of 5)
 12:00 - 13:00

 study skills, english language support, academic reading

Sign up to this 5 week course
books

Getting to know Python

This workshop is a beginner’s guide to python. We will cover basic concepts (variable, types, lists), and then move onto using functions, methods and packages to improve your code writing skills. At the end we will touch on NumPy a fundamental data science package in Python.

  Bay Campus
 Thursday 9th October 2025
  13:00 - 14:00

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a student looking at a Python textbook

Page Layout & Time saving tips

Learn to adjust page layout, insert or remove page or section breaks and add numbering and a coversheet. Master editing shortcuts and tools to dictate and help proofread your work, plus troubleshooting tips.

 Bay Campus
 Thursday 9th October 2025
13:00 - 15:00

digital skills, Word, page margins, section breaks, page numbering, dictation, proofreading

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a formatted document

Academic Writing in English

This course best suits students whose first language is not English. You will learn and develop skills in written academic English. The course covers the overall purpose and structure of academic writing, plus elements of academic grammar and vocabulary to improve your writing.

  Bay Campus
  Thursday 9th October 2025 (Session 2 of 10)
 14:00 - 15:00
 writing, grammar

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a student writing

Intermediate Python

This intermediate workshop builds on the getting to know Python workshop by exploring data visualisation through Matplotlib, understanding dictionaries and Pandas, using logic, control flow and filtering as well a loop for executing repeated code.

 Bay Campus
 Thursday 9th October 2025
 14:00 - 15:00

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a student using Python

Friday 10th October 2025

Talk Club

Talk Club is somewhere for international students to meet and chat with fellow students in a semi-structured and supportive environment. This is a chance to improve your communication skills and build your confidence. Come along and join us!

 Singleton Campus
 Friday 10th October 2025 (Session 2 of 10)
 11:00 - 12:00

 oral communication, speaking with confidence

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Cyflwyniad i’r Porth

Mae Porth y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol yn drysordy o adnoddau defnyddiol i fyfyrwyr. Yn ogystal â gwybodaeth bynciol, mae nifer o ddeunyddiau iaith yn y Porth all fod yn ddefnyddiol iawn i fyfyrwyr sy’n astudio trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Bydd y gweithdy hwn yn cynnig taith tywys o amgylch cynnwys y Porth, ac yn cynnig cyngor ar sut i wneud y defnydd orau ohoni.

Ar-lein trwy Zoom
Dydd Gwener 10fed Hydref 2025
12:00 - 13:00

Cofrestrwch ar gyfer y gweithdy hwn
Cyflwyniad i’r Porth