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Academic writing
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Academic integrity
Why is it important? Academic integrity is an essential value in academic and professional environments. All publications are the intellectual property of the authors.
Academic reflection activities
Quizzes to test your knowledge of reflective writing in academia.
Academic style
Information and tutorial explaining academic style and strategies for writing clearly.
Argument analysis
This resource is designed to familiarise students with an argument analysis. It would suit any student studying at a certificate, diploma or degree level and is designed to help with developing essay...
Be cohesive
Good academic writing flows. Each phrase or sentence is linked to those that come before and after.
Be concise
Good academic writing gets straight to the point. It does not waffle or waste words.
Choose valid sources
This tutorial will cover why it is important to find the right type of information for your assignment and strategies for how to evaluate that information
Critical essay: Communication design
This resource will help you critically discuss key historical, technological and theoretical developments in communication design, and their relationships to contemporary communication design.
Essays
Resources and tutorials that explain how to write an academic essay with an overview of essay structure, style and writing process
Exercise - elements of critical thinking
In this example paragraph, note how the writer has structured their paragraph to support their contention stated in their topic sentence.
Include references
Academic writing and references using quotes and paraphrasing
Integrating ideas with reporting words
Reporting words tell your audience about a person’s position on a topic, and help you to communicate clearly by integrating the ideas of others into your own argument.
Integrating references
Tutorial for using and integrating references in academic writing
Main idea at the beginning
Where possible, put the main idea or key information at the start of the sentence to make it easier to comprehend.
Make recommendations
How to structure and present the recommendations section of your report.
Paraphrasing
Paraphrasing is when you express information, ideas, or work done by someone else in your own words. A successful paraphrase changes both the structure and words of the original text.
Paraphrasing
Tutorials and resources for understanding paraphrasing in academic writing with guidelines and practical examples
Paraphrasing basics
Paraphrasing is a way of integrating research into your writing. Academic writing requires you to draw on research to support your arguments and approach.
Persuasive language techniques
What language techniques does Dawson use in her article? Are they persuasive? Is she demonstrating bias?
Propositional writing
Propositional writing sets out a plan of action or design intent. It presents clearly what the project or idea is, outlines why certain actions or design elements are significant (the reasoning...