Departmental advice pages and documents on essay writing

• Study Skills workshops pages: a wealth of information and online resources on essay writing, referencing and using secondary sources.
• Study Skills Handbook
• Departmental essay-writing conventions
• Essay writing criteria
• Advice about how to write a well-constructed paragraph
• Departmental Advice about avoiding plagiarism
• University Video: Avoiding Plagiarism

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departmental advice pages and documents on commentary writing

• How to write a commentary: a step-by-step sample commentary: Coup de Lune
• How to write a commentary: the department's step-by-step advice page
• Commentary writing criteria

• Commentary Writing - Powerpoint tutorial (Ingrid De Smet and Dr Cathy Hampton)

 

Need more help with essay writing?

The Undergraduate Skills Programme offers one-to-one advice sessions. Click here for further details.

The University advice page on Academic Writing offers lots of useful links.

 

Glossary of technical terms to help you with commentary writing:

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