Academic Writing

Jeanne Godfrey has taught and managed in universities for twenty years and set up one of the first academic writing centres in the UK. She is also the author of Writing for University, How to Use Your Reading in Your Essays and The Student Phrase Book.

• Introduction 1. An example of academic writing 2. Understand the nature of your discipline 3. Understand what your tutors want 4. Write critically 5. Use sources effectively and correctly 6. Use your own voice effectively and correctly 7. Write with a clear structure 8. Write with a clear style 9. Hand in a polished product 10. A writing checklist