ASkE Presentation Skills

What is the aim of these sessions?

What sessions can I attend and how can I book a place?

Presentation Skills

ASkE: Academic Skills in English

What is the aim of these sessions?

These sessions are to help you create effective, well-designed, and clear presentations by developing the skills to

• create clear, focused & well-designed PowerPoints or Posters
• deliver informative, clear, concise, and engaging presentations
• deal with questions for explanation or clarification

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Most courses ask students to prepare & deliver presentations as part of their assessment. These could be PowerPoint or Poster presentations.In these sessions you have an opportunity to design your own Poster presentation, or you can just come along to get some tips.You will also have the option of delivering your presentation to your classmates and getting feedback in the last session.

What sessions can I attend and how can I book?

We offer sessions focused on PowerPoints and Posters depending on your needs.

Please see below for the topic of the sessions and to book a place:

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PowerPoint Presentations

Poster Presentations

Creating your PPT presentation

Understanding the requirements of a PPT presentation

Creating your poster

Understanding the requirements of a poster presentation

Skills for effective presentation delivery

Designing the layout of a PPT presentation

Delivering your presentation

Skills for effective presentation delivery

Designing the layout of a poster

Delivering your presentation

What lecturers say about presentation skills

Read what lecturers at the University of Aberdeen think about the importance of presentation skills

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What students have said about our sessions

Academic Communication sessions helped me overcome some difficulties in communicating in English to a certain extent, such as lack of self-confidence, nervousness, etc.

I learned to make my expression more natural in different contexts, and also more confident.

Read what students have said about past sessions