
Support
Writing skills
Upcoming workshops
Sentences
Building a sentence
Checking a sentence
Emphasis
Sentence length
Sounding academic
Grammar
Improving my grammar
Adding to a sentence
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)
Clarity, length
Handling the word limit
Staying under the word limit
Using evidence
- Useful expressions to incorporate evidence in your writing
- Suggestions for making reference to research in your writing
- Synthesising evidence
Referencing skills
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
Other assistance 
Writing Resources for Students - reading recommendations and site/app links for help with academic and research writing (PDF, 172KB)
- Library: Referencing
- Library Guides: Referencing style guides
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