Writing skills

Upcoming workshops

• Academic writing and study skills workshops
• Course-specific workshops

Sentences

Building a sentence

• Using transition words in your sentences (PDF, 289.88 KB)

Checking a sentence

Emphasis

Sentence length

Sounding academic

• Common sentence problems (PDF, 304KB)
• Sentence Structure booklet (PDF, 338KB)

Paragraphs

• How to write a good paragraph (PDF, 109KB)

Grammar

Improving my grammar

Adding to a sentence

• Additions in a good sentence (PDF, 112KB)

Adding to a sentence: Prepositions

Adding to a sentence: Participles

Adding to a sentence: Adjective clauses

Adding to a sentence: Conditionals

Adding to a sentence: Conjunctions

Adding to a sentence: Nouns

Articles: "the" and "a"

Verbs (simple)

Verbs (advanced)

• Reporting verbs (PDF, 110KB)
• Transition words (PDF, 103KB)

Clarity, length

• Cohesion - how to make sentences 'flow' (PDF, 282KB)
• Writing concisely (PDF, 120KB)

Handling the word limit

Staying under the word limit

• Staying under the world limit (PDF, 63KB)
• Four quick tips for proofreading

Using evidence

• Useful expressions to incorporate evidence in your writing
• Suggestions for making reference to research in your writing
• Synthesising evidence

Referencing skills

• Referencing (PDF, 116KB)

Overview and principles

The 'What' and 'Why' of referencing

Referencing jargon

Referencing quotes and paraphrasing

Referencing idea or author?

Referencing: Synthesis

Referencing: Secondary sources

Referencing styles