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- Evidence, using sources, avoiding plagiarism and referencing
- Writing essays, reports or other specific types of texts
- Reading more efficiently
- How do I make sure I'm reading widely enough?
- How can I read faster?
- How do I identify the major relevant ideas in the texts I read and the relationships between them?
- Should I be taking notes from my reading?
- I want to take more effective notes
- How should I use my notes when writing my assignment?
- How can I be 'critical' when I'm reading?
- Thinking, reading or writing more analytically or critically
- What is the difference between descriptive, analytical, persuasive and critical writing?
- How do I read, write or think more critically?
- How do I read, write or think more analytically?
- I want help organising and analysing information
- I want help developing my own position or argument about the facts or ideas
- I want help writing a critical review
- Improving the style or the structure of your academic writing
- How is academic writing different to other kinds of writing?
- I need to write in a more formal and technical style
- How can I make my writing clearer and more logical?
- How can I write more objectively?
- I don't know what the structure for this assignment should be
- What is a good structure for an introduction?
- What is a good structure for a conclusion?
- I want help structuring paragraphs
- I want help creating a good plan for the structure of my essay/assignment
- Use your reading to improve the structure of your writing
- English grammar
- Planning or writing a thesis
- I want help with the structure of my thesis
- How do I plan and manage my thesis workload?
- I'm not sure whether I have enough new ideas for my thesis
- I want help writing up results or commenting on findings
- How do I write a good literature review?
- What is a 'thesis by publication'?
- I'm having problems with my supervisor
- Writing up research
- Participating in discussions & groups
- Studying and preparing for exams
- Using your time well
- Giving a spoken presentation
- How should I plan for a spoken presentation?
- What can I do about nerves or anxiety about speaking in front of people?
- What kind of structure should my presentation have?
- I want some help using Powerpoint, pictures, handouts or visualiser for my presentation
- I'm worried about making mistakes in English grammar in a spoken presentation
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