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Essay Writing

Essay Writing
Structuring your Essay

Essay writing LibGuide
To write a great essay, you need to control your ideas to produce a critical discussion that is well-supported with evidence from your reading and focuses on the brief. The advice in this guide will help you to do that.

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Academic Writing

Academic writing guide
Guide to what you need to know about writing appropriately and correctly for UK higher education, including information on effective proof-reading.

Answering the question and planning transcript
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Targeted reading and use of evidence transcript
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Clear communication and proof reading transcript
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Critical Analysis: Thinking, Reading, and Writing
This guide is designed to provide a conceptual overview of critical analysis, along with related concepts like evaluation, and then to give more practical guidance on how to introduce more critical thinking into your studies.

Reading and Making Notes

Critical Note Taking
Reading and Making Notes

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Reading and making notes
Expert guidance on this key academic skill

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