Library Workshops and Events
Library and Cultural Services offer workshops and events throughout the year to support Essex students and researchers. Workshops and events take place across all three campuses, in-person as well as online, so there’s something for everyone! On this page you will find more information about the sessions we offer, as well as links to other training and support provided by Skills for Success and IT Services .
View our ‘Upcoming Events’ below or keep reading to learn more!
Workshops
Our workshops cover a broad range of academic skills and have been designed to help you achieve better assignment and degree outcomes. These include Research Support events, and our open Workshops at Library sessions that are offered as part of the Academic Skills programme available to current Essex students via CareerHub.
Events
Apart from workshops and skills training, we also run engagement events for the Library Advisory Group and other community groups at Essex. The Arts Team within Library and Cultural Services plan regular events that can be found via the Art Exchange and Lakeside Theatre websites.
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Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
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- Date:
- Friday 21 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
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- Date:
- Saturday 22 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Sunday 23 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Monday 24 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Open Research Week opening keynote - British Social Attitudes and ‘Dividing Lines’: 40 years of open-access research Online
The British Social Attitudes (BSA) Survey is the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen)’s flagship study, and has been tracking social and political attitudes for over 40 years. As a result of i...
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- Date:
- Monday 24 February 2025
- Time:
- 10:00 - 11:00
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 47 seats left
Open qualitative research: challenges, limitations, and possibilities Online
Among other objectives, the Open Research movement seeks to assure transparency in research methods and accessibility to existing data for secondary analysis. How does this work with qualitative...
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- Date:
- Monday 24 February 2025
- Time:
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 27 seats left
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Tuesday 25 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Recognising and rewarding open research Online
The importance of open research is widely accepted by many in the research ecosystem with touted benefits for research impact, integrity, reproducibility. Democratising research through open research...
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- Date:
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
- Time:
- 10:00 - 11:00
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 42 seats left
Checking source quality & verifying information (Online) Online
★★★ advanced
Overview
This 1 hour workshop covers fact checking and evaluating skills that will help you avoid unreliable sources and build your views and arguments on solid evidence. Being able to...
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- Date:
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
- Time:
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Location:
- Online
- Categories:
- SfR Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 48 seats left
Open research and AI - both changing the nature of scientific research Online
The Royal Society's Science in the Age of AI report, published in May 2024, states that research funders and scientific communities should ensure AI based research meets open science's principles and...
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- Date:
- Tuesday 25 February 2025
- Time:
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 28 seats left
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Wednesday 26 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lessons learned from setting up REPOPSI – supporting open psychology research in Serbia Online
We are delighted to have Aleksandra Lazić, the winner of the Sarah Jones Award for Exceptional Contribution to Fostering Collaboration in Open Science, established by the Research Data Alliance (RDA) ...
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- Date:
- Wednesday 26 February 2025
- Time:
- 10:00 - 11:00
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 168 seats left
Checking source quality & verifying information (In person) In-Person
★★★ advanced
Overview
This 1 hour workshop covers fact checking and evaluating skills that will help you avoid unreliable sources and build your views and arguments on solid evidence. Being able to...
More
- Date:
- Wednesday 26 February 2025
- Time:
- 13:00 - 14:00
- Location:
- Library Learning Room, Colchester
- Categories:
- SfR Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 19 seats left
Measuring, monitoring and evaluating open research Online
There is an ecosystem where open research is increasingly prioritised with a range of frameworks, concordats, policies and recommendations for increasing open research practices. Monitoring and...
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- Date:
- Wednesday 26 February 2025
- Time:
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 44 seats left
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Thursday 27 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
At the intersection of openness, reproducibility, and training Online
Find out more about FORRT, a community that supports the teaching of openness and much more.
In this session Dr John Shaw will introduce FORRT, share some of their projects, such as the Replication...
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- Date:
- Thursday 27 February 2025
- Time:
- 10:30 - 11:30
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 90 seats left
Open Research Week closing keynote - The impact of being 'open' for small charities Online
Most of the time we talk about open research within our own communities and yet open research can have a greater impact and affect than we realise outside of academia. In this session we will be...
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- Date:
- Thursday 27 February 2025
- Time:
- 14:00 - 15:00
- Location:
- Online
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Postgraduate - Research Public
- Categories:
- Open Research Week
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 133 seats left
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Friday 28 February 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Saturday 1 March 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Sunday 2 March 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Monday 3 March 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Tuesday 4 March 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Intro to referencing (Online) Online
★★★ advanced
Overview
Come along to learn what academic integrity means in a UK Higher Education context and how to use information and artificial intelligence ethically to avoid plagiarism and...
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- Date:
- Tuesday 4 March 2025
- Time:
- 11:30 - 12:30
- Location:
- Online
- Categories:
- SfR Workshop
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 45 seats left
Lucero Del Castillo Ames: The Union Club / El Club de la Unión In-Person
The series The Union Club is set in one of Lima's oldest private social clubs. Founded in 1868 by members of the Peruvian elite and located in Lima’s Plaza Mayor—a site central to key episodes in...
More
- Date:
- Wednesday 5 March 2025 Show more dates
- Time:
- All Day Event
- Location:
- First Floor Landing, Albert Sloman Library, Colchester
- Audience:
- Academic Staff Undergraduate Postgraduate - Taught Postgraduate - Research Public
Intro to referencing (In person) In-Person
★★★ advanced
Overview
Come along to learn what academic integrity means in a UK Higher Education context and how to use information and artificial intelligence ethically to avoid plagiarism and...
More
- Date:
- Wednesday 5 March 2025
- Time:
- 13:00 - 14:00
- Location:
- Library Learning Room, Colchester
- Categories:
- SfR Workshop
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 18 seats left
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