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In this episode, Linda and the Academic Skills team discuss the new Virtual Learning Environment that you will be using at UWS- Brightspace!

Welcome to the academic year 2026-27. In this podcast, the Academic Skills team introduce (or re-introduce) themselves and explain how you can use the service this year.

In this episode, Linda chats with the UWS Academic Skills team about some of the free digital tools out there that can help you with your reading and Academic Writing.

In this episode, Linda chats to the UWS Academic Skills about how best to prepare for exams.

A special episode today as A Wee Blether celebrates 5 years since the podcast launched. Linda is joined by Carly, John and Mairi to discuss how academic skills have changed during that time and what academic skills might be like in another 5 years' time!

In this episode, Linda chats with the UWS Academic Skills team again about the crucial proofreading stage of assignments.

In this episode, Linda chats to John and Carly about the term 'Academic Resilience' and how you can develop it at university.

In this episode, Linda and the team chat to 3rd year Nursing student Sukai Secka about her experience of using Academic Skills.

In this episode, the UWS Academic Skills team discuss both how Generative AI could be used to help with assessments and things to be careful of when using it.

We welcome a special guest, Dr Kate Cotter from the School of Business and Creative Industries, to talk about what Academic Integrity is and how the Academic Integrity panel works at UWS.

The UWS Academic Skills team take a deeper dive into the topic of academic writing.

In this episode, the Academic Skills team discuss what 'academic writing' is and give their advice on how to write at university.

Linda and the UWS Academic Skills team take a look at the new Cite Them Right 13th edition book published in the summer of 2025 and run through any referencing style updates you need to know about.

In this episode, the UWS Academic Skills team talk about the different types of 1-to-1 appointments that can be booked.

In this episode, Linda is joined by Mairi, Carly and John to discuss a key element of academic writing. They look at what successful paraphrasing involves and offer some advice on how best to go about it.

In this episode, the Academic Skills team discuss Artificial Intelligence and how developments in the past couple of years are affecting university assessments. Making his first appearance on the podcast since series 3, Dr Kevin Wilson from the UWS Learning Transformation team joins John, Mairi and Carly for a chat.

Or 'How Not to Annoy Your Markers'! As ever, Linda is joined by the UWS Academic Skills Team to chat about how to do the basic things right when working on your assessments.

In this episode, Linda talks to Dr Alan Walker, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, and Academic Skills Adviser John about how you can access numeracy, mathematics and statistics support at UWS.

In this episode, Linda is joined by Carly and John to talk all things notetaking- why it is so important to do in the first place and strategies to deal with it.

In this episode, Linda, Carly and Mairi are joined by Lindsay from the UWS Careers team to talk about how all the academic skills you gain at university can help you in the workplace.