{"title": "Academic English Workshop Series (2026/27 Term 1)", "start": "2026-10-09T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-18T14:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/60173/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "The Academic English Workshop Series (2026/27 Term 1) is a run of online sessions on Teams for students who speak English as an additional language and want to build confidence in academic communication. Birkbeck, whose contact for the series is Melanie Ferreira, runs these friendly Friday sessions covering academic writing, developing arguments, critical reading and writing, and communication in academic contexts. International students adapting to study in the UK are welcome to join and ask questions, with individual topics running from an academic English Q&A through vocabulary, essay structure and paraphrasing to a review of academic language. Each session needs booking, and participants log into Teams with their Birkbeck student login details.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/academic-english-workshop-series-202627-term-1-34994/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-09T12:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-18T14:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Academic English: Presentation and Communication Skills", "start": "2026-10-30T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T14:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/booking/event/60175", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "An online workshop on presentation and seminar communication skills, part of an optional series of Academic English workshops. 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This session focuses on presentation skills and seminar communication skills, is delivered via Microsoft Teams, and is intended for enrolled Birkbeck students only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/academic-english-presentation-and-communication-skills-73843/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/60175/academic-english-presentation-and-communication-skills", "image": ""}, {"title": "Study Skills Workshops for AY26/27 Term 1", "start": "2026-10-05T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-19T21:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "http://www.bbk.ac.uk/booking/event2/FFAD382D201DF521FC70F50E896B74E5", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "Study Skills Workshops for AY26/27 Term 1 is a series of workshops on academic skills, from note-taking and time management to GenAI usage and presentation skills. 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They are run by Birkbeck, University of London, and held online via Teams on weekdays. Recordings and resources are also available through the Birkbeck Study Skills Moodle module, and no booking is required for the sessions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/maths-study-skill-workshops-202627-term-1-34995/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Personal statement support workshop", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T12:00:00Z", "place": "University of West London", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/education"], "description": "A supportive workshop to help refine your personal statement, teaching what makes a strong one and how to use AI responsibly. It is run by the University of West London for Year 13 students and second-year Level 3 students considering applying to a UK university this academic year. 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Run by Birkbeck as part of its Study Skills workshops and delivered via Microsoft Teams, it covers what Harvard referencing is and how to reference source types such as books, chapters, journal articles and newspaper articles, using the 13th edition Cite Them Right Harvard style.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/academic-skills-workshop-how-to-do-harvard-referencing-73846/", "official_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/60640/academic-skills-workshop-how-to-do-harvard-referencing", "image": ""}, {"title": "Speak like a researcher 3: making expertise visible", "start": "2026-11-03T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T13:00:00Z", "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["science/media-studies"], "description": "A practice session helping researchers speak about their work with confidence. It is part of Speak like a researcher, a three-part on-campus workshop series at Imperial College London run by CfAE. This session, making expertise visible, practises responding to challenging questions with clarity and credibility: building concise answers, distinguishing evidence from speculation, acknowledging uncertainty and defending claims under scrutiny. It is open to all, free, and registration in advance is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/speak-like-a-researcher-3-making-expertise-visible-74028/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/213154/speak-like-a-researcher-3-making-expertise-visible/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bcb1c077d5f130ac29b7ea5db11a0ea2f32f645748253c738bcaf670dddb2768-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Thursday evening Research Seminar", "start": "2026-10-08T18:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-03T19:30:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "A research seminar in philosophy held at Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square, Room BO3. It is open to all Birkbeck postgraduate research students and led by a member of the faculty, who presents the first paper of the term. At the remaining seminars the students themselves speak, presenting papers on their own research, with the faculty member chairing the discussion that follows. Attendance is seen as an important part of being a research student, giving students the chance to try out their ideas on their peers and defend them in discussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thursday-evening-research-seminar-34993/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "“Shut up and write” session for Professional Registration candidates", "start": "2026-11-10T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals", "address": "Ridgmount Street 7, WC1E 7AE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/education"], "description": "A one-hour online writing session for people undertaking a CILIP professional registration course who find it hard to concentrate on writing their evidence. It is run by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals and offers time and head space to work on certification, chartership or fellowship, with participants free to choose their own focus. The session takes place via MS Teams, with the link sent out a week in advance. Attendance is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shut-up-and-write-session-for-professional-registration-cand-69643/", "official_url": "https://my.cilip.org.uk/events-calendar/shut-up-and-write-session-for-professional-registration-candidates-nov-26/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Free English Classes", "start": "2026-11-06T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T11:00:00Z", "place": "West Ealing Community Library", "address": "Melbourne Avenue, W13 9BA London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/languages/language-learning"], "description": "Free English Classes are free English lessons for adults whose first language is not English, held at West Ealing Community Library. The library runs two specialized classes covering basic pronunciation, introductions and greetings, weather, dates and appointments, food, shopping and restaurants, money and numbers, family and relationships, and places in London and the UK. The sessions aim to help participants build their vocabulary and improve their speaking skills. The Friday morning class is currently fully booked and cannot take additional participants.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/free-english-classes-40275/", "official_url": "https://wecl.org.uk/activities-and-events/free-english-classes-32-2-2/2026-10-30/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4fc1159ee705f280b8f303b7bf2d59dd75684400b16d01d379d9e8e1a29498bb-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Try a Lesson", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institut français du Royaume-Uni (Language Centre)", "address": "Cromwell Place 13, London", "price": "£18", "price_from": "18.00", "price_to": "18.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["society/languages/language-learning"], "description": "Try a Lesson is a one-week taster class giving a flavour of studying French at the Institut français before starting a full course. Run by the Institut français du Royaume-Uni's Language Centre and taught by experienced, highly qualified native French speakers, it is aimed at total beginners (A1) up to intermediate level (B1). Students learn useful words and sentences for starting French, such as greeting people and introducing themselves, in groups of 12, online or onsite. A Microsoft Teams account is required and workshop material is provided by the tutor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/try-a-lesson-74188/", "official_url": "https://www.institut-francais.org.uk/french-courses/try-a-lesson/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/04735045ec2535b541f72ba0a850a75940f1e1fa31e667cbad10ef4b635fc8d5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Advocacy Workshop (Set 1)", "start": "2026-11-05T17:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T20:15:00Z", "place": "Lincoln's Inn", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/shop/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "An advocacy workshop in which students perform submissions of up to ten minutes each from a criminal or civil exercise prepared a week in advance. It is run by Lincoln's Inn, with feedback on performance given by experienced practitioners and peers, and counts as a Qualifying Session worth one QS point in Advocacy Skills. The session aims to hone public speaking and persuasive oral advocacy, followed by a networking reception.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/advocacy-workshop-set-1-50441/", "official_url": "https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/whats-on/advocacy-workshop-set-1-5/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Disabled Students Allowance: Q&A Session", "start": "2026-10-22T11:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-19T12:00:00Z", "place": "Birkbeck College", "address": "WC1E 7HX London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.bbk.ac.uk/booking/event/66992", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "An informal online Q&A session about the Disabled Students Allowance (DSA) application process. It is hosted by Student Support Officers from Birkbeck's Student Wellbeing & Disability Service, who answer questions about the application form, the process, and applying with confidence. The session takes place online via Microsoft Teams.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/disabled-students-allowance-qa-session-34996/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}