How to question information
You need to be able to critically evaluate, question, analyse, and interpret a variety of evidence and information sources so you can apply your research skills in different contexts.
Questioning information
To question information means to be able to evaluate and interpret the information and sources you’ll be using in your studies at university.
This tutorial will help you to develop your approach to evaluating information and thinking critically as part of your studies.
Start the Evaluating Information and Critical Thinking online tutorial
Is the news story True, Fake, or Complicated? Play the game:
Start The Fake News Game
This tutorial will help you develop criticality as the ability to identify different positions and evaluate arguments:
Start the ALLR: Criticality online tutorial
In this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Question different types of information and develop a critical approach.
- Critically evaluate information when undertaking independent research.
- Ask a range of questions and use the tools and data available to apply them to relevant information sources.
Book a place on the Questioning and evaluating information workshop/webinar
Decolonise your information searching
In this reflective and practical session:
- You will explore issues around how certain types of knowledge and information sources have been valued over others, leading to omissions of marginalised perspectives in research.
- You will have the opportunity to identify and discuss strategies to address these imbalances.
- You will have the opportunity to practise applying these strategies to your own information searching.
Book a place on the Decolonise your information searching workshop
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