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  • A guide to completing your dissertation

A pdf with some general (but good) advice on writing a dissertation.

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A pdf with some general (but good) advice on writing a dissertation.

  • A Short Guide to Reflective Writing

A 7-page downloadable pdf guide to reflective writing.

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A 7-page downloadable pdf guide to reflective writing.

  • Academic English UK - Cohesion

A brief guide to cohesion and coherence and cohesion with a vocabulary list, pdf version for download, and a lesson available for teachers.

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A brief guide to cohesion and coherence and cohesion with a vocabulary list, pdf version for download, and a lesson available for teachers.

  • Academic Reflections: tips, language and structure

A 3-part guide to academic reflection from Edinburgh University

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A 3-part guide to academic reflection from Edinburgh University

  • Academic Style

Online exercises on academic style with feedback.

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Online exercises on academic style with feedback.

  • Academic Writing - A Handbook for International Students 4th Edition

"""Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework, but writing good academic English is one of the most demanding tasks students face. This new, fourth edition of has been completely revised to help students reach this goal.

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"""Most international students need to write essays and reports for exams and coursework, but writing good academic English is one of the most demanding tasks students face. This new, fourth edition of has been completely revised to help students reach this goal.

  • Academic Writing Skills for International Students

A comprehensive guide to academic writing - ebook (requires library login)

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A comprehensive guide to academic writing - ebook (requires library login)

  • Adverb Clauses - Cause and Effect Relationships

A 20-question exercise to help you practise which language can be used in certain cause and effect sentences.

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A 20-question exercise to help you practise which language can be used in certain cause and effect sentences.

  • Analyse vs Synthesis

A short 2-page pdf guide to the differences between synthesis and analysis, and how to do each.

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A short 2-page pdf guide to the differences between synthesis and analysis, and how to do each.

  • Art Criticism and Formal Analysis Outline

Guide to writing art criticism including 4 levels or formal analysis and 18 principles of interpretation.

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Guide to writing art criticism including 4 levels or formal analysis and 18 principles of interpretation.

  • Assignment structures and samples

Links to guides to writing in 10 different discipline areas: architecture, arts, business, education, engineering, IT, law, medicine, pharmaceuticals and science.

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Links to guides to writing in 10 different discipline areas: architecture, arts, business, education, engineering, IT, law, medicine, pharmaceuticals and science.

  • Best Dissertations

A useful collection of the best (undergraduate) dissertations from the Department of History at Bristol University organised by year.

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A useful collection of the best (undergraduate) dissertations from the Department of History at Bristol University organised by year.

  • Brief Guides to Writing in the Disciplines

(Currently) four downloadable breif guides to writing in history, philosophy, English and psychology.

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(Currently) four downloadable breif guides to writing in history, philosophy, English and psychology.

  • Can I use one citation at the end of a multiple sentence paragraph, or do I have to cite for every sentence?

A very useful guide to how to solve the problem of making sources clear without repeating the same citation in a paragraph with example paragraphs

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A very useful guide to how to solve the problem of making sources clear without repeating the same citation in a paragraph with example paragraphs

  • Cause and Effect

Useful language for cause and effect with a short online exercise to check grammar and meaning.

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Useful language for cause and effect with a short online exercise to check grammar and meaning.

  • Cause and Effect

An organised list of useful language for cause and effect with two online exercises to practise.

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An organised list of useful language for cause and effect with two online exercises to practise.

  • Choosing your dissertation topic

A pdf of advice for choosing a dissertation topic. This is also relevant for students choosing the topic of an extended essay.

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A pdf of advice for choosing a dissertation topic. This is also relevant for students choosing the topic of an extended essay.

  • Cite Them Right

The most popular guide to writing reference list, bibliographies and citing. Requires library login.

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The most popular guide to writing reference list, bibliographies and citing. Requires library login.

  • Clinical Chemistry Guide to Scientific Writing

Links to a series of articles in the journal 'Clinical Chemistry' which amount to a book on scientific writing. Requires UCL login.

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Links to a series of articles in the journal 'Clinical Chemistry' which amount to a book on scientific writing. Requires UCL login.

  • Common linking words and their uses

A collection of useful language for various functions of English (see tags).

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A collection of useful language for various functions of English (see tags).

  • Comparing and Contrasting

"This [webpage] will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences, decide which similarities and differences to focus on, and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective. It will also explain how you can (and why you should) develop a thesis that goes beyond “Thing A and Thing B are similar in many ways but different in others.”"

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"This [webpage] will help you first to determine whether a particular assignment is asking for comparison/contrast and then to generate a list of similarities and differences, decide which similarities and differences to focus on, and organize your paper so that it will be clear and effective. It will also explain how you can (and why you should) develop a thesis that goes beyond “Thing A and Thing B are similar in many ways but different in others.”"

  • Connecting ideas through transitions

Explanation of the the different ways that ideas are connected in a text with some useful language.

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Explanation of the the different ways that ideas are connected in a text with some useful language.

  • Critical Essay Writing

A guide to critical essay writing with videos and links to other sources.

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A guide to critical essay writing with videos and links to other sources.

  • Daily Writing Tips

A writing skills blog with tips and advice with a helpful 'categories' menu

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A writing skills blog with tips and advice with a helpful 'categories' menu

  • Demystifying Academic Writing

This book is designed to enhance the capacity of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as early career scholars, to write for academic purposes. Fang describes key genres of academic writing, common rhetorical moves associated with each genre, essential skills needed to write the genres, and linguistic resources and strategies that are functional and effective for performing these moves and skills.

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This book is designed to enhance the capacity of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as early career scholars, to write for academic purposes. Fang describes key genres of academic writing, common rhetorical moves associated with each genre, essential skills needed to write the genres, and linguistic resources and strategies that are functional and effective for performing these moves and skills.

  • Developing Academic English

A brief introduction to academic English.

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A brief introduction to academic English.

  • Developing an argument

A short video with lots of very good advice about developing an argument.

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A short video with lots of very good advice about developing an argument.

  • Developing an argument

A 3-page pdf with very useful advice about developing and writing an argument.

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A 3-page pdf with very useful advice about developing and writing an argument.

  • Developing your ideas and argument

A guide to developing an argument with a nice 7-minute video on structuring an essay and a helpful section on how to overcome a list of problems.

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A guide to developing an argument with a nice 7-minute video on structuring an essay and a helpful section on how to overcome a list of problems.

  • Different types of argument

A guide to different types of argument.

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A guide to different types of argument.