A Wee Blether About...Brightspace (VLE)

Dr Ruth Currie is back with the UWS Academic Skills team to discuss the writing element of postgraduate research and look at why we write.

Dr Ruth Currie from the UWS Doctoral College joins Linda and the team for this episode all about postgraduate research. This could be useful listening for anybody thinking of doing or just starting a PhD or MRes at the university.

In this episode, Linda and the Academic Skills team discuss the new Virtual Learning Environment that you will be using at UWS- Brightspace!

Welcome to the academic year 2026-27. 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, Linda chats with the UWS Academic Skills team about some of the free digital tools out there that can help you with your reading and Academic Writing.

In this episode, Linda chats to the UWS Academic Skills about how best to prepare for exams.

A special episode today as A Wee Blether celebrates 5 years since the podcast launched. Linda is joined by Carly, John and Mairi to discuss how academic skills have changed during that time and what academic skills might be like in another 5 years' time!

In this episode, Linda chats with the UWS Academic Skills team again about the crucial proofreading stage of assignments.

In this episode, Linda chats to John and Carly about the term 'Academic Resilience' and how you can develop it at university.

In this episode, Linda and the team chat to 3rd year Nursing student Sukai Secka about her experience of using Academic Skills.