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Undertaking a literature review
Tuesday 28 October 10:00 until 13:00
Online
Speaker: Dr Sophie Valeix
Part of the series: Researcher Development Programme
The literature review forms a substantial part of your postgraduate thesis and is also an ongoing process. Through clear examples, individual exercises, and group discussion, this workshop gets you started with your review or helps you reflect on your draft review. We will go through the whole process as well as what makes a good review.
Please note that this workshop will not go into details as to how to search for literature. For this, please sign up to the Library Research Support sessions or 1-1’s.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the workshop you will:
- Understand the purpose of the literature review and the process behind it
- Have developed your research questions and identified keywords
- Have discovered the tools available for your literature search and techniques for effective notetaking
Target audience
Postgraduate researchers in the early stages of their research degree and from all disciplines.
Workshop theme
Core workshops deliver essential skills or knowledge that you will need to undertake your research degree. Visit our for more sessions.
By: Alexander Aghajanian
Last updated: Tuesday, 23 September 2025