Get ahead with the essentials of successful university study with this one-day workshop in Albany!

In partnership with the Great Southern Universities Centre, Curtin University Library proudly presents the Albany Bootcamp: University Skills workshop. This one-day event will provide you with the foundation you need to make your study more efficient and effective. Divided into five sessions, you can attend the entire series or register for the workshops that interest you most.

Between sessions, networking opportunities (and food!) are provided so that you can begin to build your own supportive study community. This workshop, open to students from all universities, is a great opportunity to start your studies on the right foot, enhance your existing study skills, or get yourself back on track. Places are limited, so register now!

Albany Bootcamp schedule

9am | Registration
- Check-in, get comfortable, and enjoy a tea or coffee. Take the time to set up your laptop and download EndNote if needed.
9.30am | Welcome
- A welcome and some relevant activities to get us focused on the day.
9.45am | Understand your assessment and do research
- An introduction that starts with the question, including analysing your assessment requirements and successfully identifying key concepts. From basic searching to creating a search strategy you will be introduced to strategies for searching success.
11am | Successful reading & note-taking
- Don’t read the whole source – only the parts that matter. Discover how to get through readings for assessments and class efficiently and effectively. Learn how to use different reading techniques, read critically and apply strategies for taking useful notes.
11.20am | Break
11.35am | Focus on academic writing
- You’ve done your research, but you’re stuck on your first sentence. This session will suggest approaches to structuring and putting together paragraphs for your written assessments, then focuses on a key part of academic writing: integrating the ideas of others into your own work through paraphrasing, summarising and synthesising.
12.30pm | Lunch
- Provided for all who opt to attend the full day.
1pm | Wrestling with referencing
- Many students tell us that they worry about referencing, so let’s start with that! Creating accurate reference lists is a great way to maximise marks and inspire confidence in your research, but it’s so easy to make mistakes. This hands-on, interactive workshop introduces the mechanics of referencing helping you avoid common errors and, if you still have questions by the end of it, there’s time for Q&A.
1.50pm | Break
2pm | Getting started with EndNote
- Now that you’re more confident with your referencing, let’s look at EndNote, a bibliographic management tool designed to help you manage your research and references. This hands-on, introductory workshop covers everything you need to know to start using EndNote successfully. Note: You’ll need to bring your own laptop for this session with the EndNote software already downloaded. Your Library can tell you where to get a free copy of the software!
3pm | Finish and Q&A
- Got any questions? We'll be sticking around to answer them for you. Otherwise, your day of learning is at an end.

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