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Writing your plan

You now need to write a plan for your essay based on the diagram, or mind map, you have drawn. We suggest that your essay should have two or three …

The stages of writing an essay

There are different stages that should be completed when writing an essay. Completing each of these Steps will help to make your essay easy to read, interesting and ensure that …

The key features of academic writing

Find out more about what is considered ‘academic writing’ in this video. Steve also explains in more detail the most important aspects of academic writing that we will focus on …

An Intermediate Guide

Congratulations on reaching the end Week 5! We hope you have enjoyed the course and you feel better prepared to write an academic essay. Now that you have come to …

Developing essay ideas

In the last Step we considered what ideas we might include in an essay based on the title: “Discuss the differences between the way of life in your country now …

What next?

You have reached the end of Week 4! How have you found this week? What did you enjoy the most? We’d love to hear your thoughts – please share any …

What next?

You have reached the end of Week 3! How have you found this week? What did you enjoy the most? We’d love to hear your thoughts – please share any …

What next?

You have reached the end of Week 2! How have you found this week? What did you enjoy the most? We’d love to hear your thoughts – please share any …

What next?

You have reached the end of Week 1! How have you found this week? What did you enjoy the most? We’d love to hear your thoughts – please share any …