Presentation Mastery
Design a 1st-Class
Slide-Deck
Stop losing marks before you even open your mouth!
Most student slide decks are working against them.
Too much text. Awkward colours. Zero structure.
So… basically every lecture you’ve ever sat through.
In this course, I’ll teach you a reproducible system for building clean, confident, professional slides — for any topic, at any level. The kind that earn you marks before you even say a word.
✅ Slide structure frameworks
✅ Fonts, colour, layout rules that actually work
✅ Live “before-and-after” slide critiques
How to Deliver a Presentation
Sound like you know what you're doing — even if you’re bricking it inside
Most students suck at presenting.
Not because they’re lazy — but because nobody ever taught them how.
If you don’t fancy spending the next 10 years learning by trial and error, this course is for you.
I’ll teach you a reproducible system for delivering presentations that don’t just make sense — they make your audience actually want to listen.
✅ How to open like a pro
✅ Pacing, tonality, and body language (no more T-Rex arms)
✅ Narrating within a slide, storytelling across the deck
✅ How to close with impact — and leave a lasting impression
How to Handle Questions
Answer like a boss — even when you’ve got no clue
Every student dreads the Q&A.
Instead of learning how to handle it, they get a mate to ask a rehearsed question they’ve practised 12 times.
Spoiler: that won’t help in a viva, interview, or conference (i.e. real life).
But here’s the twist — once you know how to do this properly, the Q&A might actually become your favourite part of the whole presentation. It’s the only bit where you get to show you're not just reciting — you're thinking.
This course gives you a calm, confident system for dealing with whatever they throw at you — even if you're making it up as you go.
✅ How to respond to curveballs without rambling
✅ How to buy time to think
✅ What to say when you still don’t know
✅ How to adopt a mindset that keeps you calm under pressure
Writing
Mastery
How to Write 101
The stuff you should’ve learned in school — but didn’t
Lecturers love to complain that students can’t write properly.
“But it’s not my job to teach them,” they mutter — as they tear your work to shreds.
You’d be shocked how many undergrads still can’t structure a basic sentence.
They think they’re losing marks for “lack of critical thinking” — but truthfully, the whole thing was doomed from the first paragraph.
This course strips writing back to its foundations — the skills no one ever taught you, but every marker quietly expects:
✅ Master the ABCs of writing
✅ How to construct sentences, paragraphs, and entire essays
✅ How to avoid ambiguity and generate interest
✅ Quick writing drills to rebuild fluency and tone
Academic Writing
Write like you belong at university
Contrary to what you've been told, academic writing isn’t some elite secret code. If you’ve done How to Write 101, you’re already 90% of the way there.
This course is mostly about what not to do — and the bad habits that make your writing look amateur, even when your ideas are solid.
Learn how not to:
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Pretend to “sound like a scientist”
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Overcomplicate everything so it seems clever
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Use words that haven’t been seen since the 1750s
Instead, you'll learn:
✅ The tone academics actually use (hint: it’s clearer than you think)
✅ How to cite your sources without killing the flow
✅ How to write accurately, briefly, and with purpose
Writing a Lab Report
Say what you did. Say why it mattered. Stop overcomplicating it
Stop whining. Lab reports are actually easier to write than essays.
You’ve just never been taught how to do them properly.
Fair enough — most students only get one shot at writing one before they’re expected to magically know the rules. But don’t worry — this course fixes that.
I’ll walk you through the whole process, step by step.
✅ How to write the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Conclusion
✅ The best order to write them in (spoiler: it’s not that one)
✅ How to format like a professional academic (easy marks)
✅ How tone and phrasing must shift between each section
Writing a Dissertation/Thesis
Plan it, write it, finish it — without losing your mind.
Stop whining...
Actually, fair enough — these are a beast.
You’ve probably never written something this long before (and probably never will again), so how the hell do you do it?
The good news: it follows a similar structure to a lab report.
The bad news: it’s ten times the size — and the pressure is real.
This course walks you through:
✅ How to outline and break it into manageable chunks
✅ How to write consistently and finish before the deadline
✅ How to get feedback that’s useful, - and early enough to act on
✅ How to keep your head while everyone else is spiralling
Critical Thinking - Score the Top Marks in Writing Assignments
Anyone can summarise. The top grades go to students who analyse
Anyone can regurgitate.
My dog does it after breakfast.
You don’t get a First for restating information — and no one’s hiring you for it either.
But now that you’ve nailed the fundamentals, this is what sets you apart.
In this course, you’ll learn how to think like an academic, not just write like one. That means interpreting, critiquing, and building your own voice — not just rewording what someone else said.
✅ How to evaluate scientific articles without sounding like ChatGPT
✅ How to identify flaws, gaps, and limitations
✅ How to embed critique and originality into your writing
✅ How to build your own perspective — and argue it like a pro