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How to critically evaluate information sources

This workshop focuses on evaluating information sources for your assignments using handy tools to identify and check reliability. By the end of this workshop you will be identifying and evaluating academic sources using examples from MetSearch.

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‘Being critical’: engaging effectively with academic sources

In a new format, this workshop takes a closer look at the importance of ‘being critical’ – engaging critically, not just in the way you make use of academic sources in your work, but in your academic work generally. Through scenarios, exemplars and task-based activities, we consider the need to adopt a critical approach in all aspects of your studies. In addition, we look more closely at what ‘being critical’ means in relation to your use of academic sources and how you can ‘be more critical’ by building in such an approach into your work by thinking carefully about the interpretations you meet and planning your work point by point.

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Being critical: Review and recap

How effectively do you use in your work the academic sources you find? Have you had feedback suggesting that you're not critical enough? In this session, we'll open-up the idea of ‘being critical' by looking at exactly what it means. We'll also give you some guidance on how you can adopt a more critical approach to the sources you use in your own writing. Join us for an opportunity to take another look at the topic of ‘being critical' – making critical use of source material.

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Criticality at University - Resource index