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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.

Welcome to the academic year 2025-26. 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, 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.