About this workshop

  • This interactive workshop offers your students the opportunity to develop and apply their research skills at Newcastle University Library.
  • Students will be given a tour of the Library and then a member of our team will deliver a taught research skills session in one of our teaching spaces.
  • The workshop will cover how to find and evaluate resources, how to avoid plagiarism and how to reference correctly.
  • Students will then have the opportunity to carry out independent research in the Library.

Suitable for: Key Stage 5

Subjects: All (including EPQ)

Duration: Half a day to 1 day

Book this workshop

Once your registration form has been received, a member of the Education Outreach Team will be in touch to confirm whether your chosen date is possible, or will aim to offer alternative dates. To help you plan your visit please take a look at our Risk Assessment.

Once your dates are finalised, we will email you to confirm your booking. Please refer to our 2025-26 availability when completing your form.

2025-26 availability

Please note, we are already fully booked and can no longer take bookings for the following dates:
15th September to 26th September 2025
29th September to 3rd October 2025
15th December to 19th December 2025

No study skills workshops are available

22nd December 2025 to 16th January 2026
20th April 2026 to 29th May 2026

This is due to the University exam periods.

Limited study skills workshops are available

15th September 2025 to 3rd October 2025
10th November 2025 to 12th December 2025
2nd February 2026 to 20th March 2026

This is due to the high demand on Library facilities from our University students.

Study skills workshops are available (subject to demand)

1st September 2025 to 12th September 2025
3rd November 2025 to 7th November 2025
15th December 2025 to 19th December 2025
19th January 2026 to 23rd January 2026
23rd March 2026 to 17th April 2026
1st June 2026 to 31st July 2026