Workshops

Overview

Student Academic Skills Workshops provide academic advising on a specific topic in a group setting. These workshops focus on soft or transferable academic skills. These skills include time management, presentation and writing skills, note-making skills, and critical thinking skills. Soft academic skills also include more personal and interpersonal skills like creativity, self-motivation, adaptability, listening skills, communication (such as with your adviser or lecturer), being independent but also working effectively in groups, self-directedness, and many more.

Any student-facing department, association or centre may request a workshop from CTL. These include lecturers, program leaders, subject heads, students in a leadership role like SCC members, House Committee members, Academic Student Association Committee members, Peer Leaders, helpers and assistants, etc.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Assessment preparation
Goal setting and time management skills
Note-making
Study strategies
Memorising techniques
Study habits for successful study
Successful group work and conflict management

News

To set up a workshop for your students, contact your campus coordinator to discuss the right student academic skills workshop topic for you.

CTL Academic Skills Development Self-Paced Workshops

The self-paced workshops on academic skills development aim to provide NWU students with the opportunity to explore popular academic advising topics in their own time and in their own space. These courses also serve as a supplement to academic advising sessions or can be prescribed by faculties and lecturers. The workshops focus on soft or transferable academic skills, including time management, academic writing skills, note-making skills, and critical thinking skills. Soft academic skills also include more personal and interpersonal skills like adaptability, communication, being independent, but also working effectively in groups, etc.

Join our efundi site to access the self-paced workshops.

There are 2 ways to become a Member and Access the site:

Method 1:

Log into eFundi with your Username and Password.
Once logged in, click here: Become a Member of the CTL Academic Skills Development Self-Paced Workshops site.
Now that you are a member, click here: Go to the Site.
The Workshop site will now appear in your “Favorite Sites” list for easy access later.

Method 2:

Log into eFundi with your Username and Password.
Navigate to the "Home" page (top toolbar).
Navigate to the “Membership” page (in the left-hand menu).
Navigate to the “Joinable Sites” page (button located just above the current search bar).
In the Joinable Sites' search bar, search “CTL Academic Skills Development Self-Paced Workshops” (copy and paste this text).
Click on “Join Now” next to the site name to become a member of the site.
Click on the site’s name to navigate to the site.
The Workshop site will now appear in your “Favorite Sites” list for easy access later.