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Academic Writing
Analysing the question (PDF - 454KB)- Annotated bibliography (PDF - 490KB)
- APA style (PDF - 464KB)
- Avoiding plagiarism (PDF - 726KB)
- Business report writing (PDF - 495KB)
- Editing checklist (PDF - 370KB)
- Essay writing process (PDF - 510KB)
- Instructional words (PDF - 384KB)
- Introductions & conclusions (PDF - 309KB)
- Linking words and phrases (PDF -384KB)
Referencing FAQs (PDF - 469KB) - Referencing (PDF - 460KB)
- Report format (PDF - 449KB)
- Reporting verbs (PDF - 290KB)
- Structure of an essay (PDF - 416KB)
- Summarising and Paraphrasing (PDF - 300KB)
- Support for your essay (PDF - 495KB)
- Thesis and concludisng statements (PDF - 386KB)
- What are academics looking for (PDF - 304KB)
Postgraduate Writing & Research
- Literature review (PDF - 420KB)
- Writing a research proposal (PDF - 480KB)
- Writing an abstract (PDF- 293KB)
- Writing a critique (PDF - 314KB)
Study Skills
2012 workload planner (PDF - 42KB)- 21 Ways to get the most out of now (PDF - 579KB)
- CRAB guide to good notes (PDF - 337KB)
- Critical reading and thinking (PDF - 305KB)
- Effective listening (PDF - 427KB)
- Writing exam essays and short answers (PDF - 350KB)
- Facing exams without fear (PDF -341 KB)
- Mind maps (PDF - 515KB)
- Memory (PDF - 530KB)
- Note making (PDF - 301KB)
- Note taking tips (PDF - 455KB)
- Effective listening (PDF - 427KB)
- Oral presentations (PDF - 565KB)
- Self-help guide to study groups (PDF - 338KB)
- Effective reading (PDF - 382KB)
- Suggested study routine (PDF - 388KB)
- Time management (PDF - 559KB)
- Week planner (PDF - 254KB)
Maths & Statistics
- Studying for maths exams (PDF - 399KB)
ESOL Resources
- Articles (PDF - 440KB)
- Comma splices (PDF - 352KB)
- Commonly confused words (PDF - 459KB)
- Incomplete sentences (PDF - 446KB)
- Passives (PDF - 359KB)
- Past or present (PDF - 379KB)
- Pronouns (PDF - 397KB)
- Proof reading checklist (PDF - 444KB)
- Punctuation (PDF - 520KB)
- Some rules of 'THE' (PDF - 501KB)
- Run-on sentences (PDF - 395KB)
- Singular or plural (PDF - 466KB)
- Subject/verb agreement (PDF - 523KB)