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As a Master's student, you will have the opportunity to find your voice and develop your communication skills. This section will offer you advice on how to work on your communication skills, and fine-tune your style of delivery to suit your audience and your subject matter.

Communicating and influencing

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Developing your skills

During your Master’s degree, you will be required to communicate in a variety of different ways. Strong communication and influencing skills are essential, not only as skills for education and studying, but also beyond into the workplace and the research environment.
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Verbal communication

Learning how to communicate effectively with different audiences is hugely important in everything we do. This applies whether we are delivering a presentation, having a conversation, or writing something for a wider audience.
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Effective scholarship and academic identify

In studying for a Master's degree, you will become something of an expert in your field. You will be expected to go beyond merely consuming knowledge and information, and start contributing to the understanding of the subject yourself.

Communicating and influencing

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Academic writing

How can you write effectively at postgraduate level? We take a look at some top tips for excellent academic writing, and highlight some of the best resources to help you hone your skills.
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Your voice

At this stage in your academic career, it is important to develop your own ideas and opinions. While you are studying, you will have the opportunity to practice your communication and hone your own individual voice, helping you to make a more distinctive contribution to your field.