Reviewing what you have written
To get the most out of this, you need to have a good gap between this step and the previous step. Reviewing your writing is always better and more productive …
Course: Preparing for University
Top tips
Here are some top tips for you from undergraduates who have just completed their first year.
Top tips from this week
Top tips from this week. It is first important to understand what the essay question/statement is asking of you. Unpick the question or statement, and then set out your argument. …
The lecturers’ perspective
Here is a video of lecturers talking about problems they encounter with students and structure.
How to Improve the Structure of a Paragraph
There is no one answer or solution, this is just one opinion of how the paragraph can be improved. Comments on some of the problems with the paragraph are in …
The difference between a pre-university and a university environment
Being in higher education is about learning to think and work at a higher level. This manifests itself in your ability to appreciate what an essay question is asking of …
Writing paragraphs: Examples
Below are a series of poorly constructed paragraphs and possible solutions. Put yourself in the place of a teacher. Criticise the structure of each paragraph and suggest how it might …
Seeking help with feedback
Feedback on assignments is one of the points where you get personal attention on the work you produce. This is because many university classes are very large and you won’t …
Top tips
Here are some top tips for you from undergraduates who have just completed their first year.
Undergraduate views on structure
Given what you have heard, is there anything you could do to help yourself prepare for the transition to a university-style essay?
Understanding feedback that relates to structure
When your get marked coursework back at university, you will be given feedback which will tell you about how well you have structured your work and used sources of information. …
Seminar about structure
Do the students in this video raise similar points that you have thought about? Do you agree with what they are saying? How would you answer the questions the lecturer …
Introduction
The aim of this unit is to develop an understanding of why structure is important, and how having an opinion (or forming a judgement) is crucial to structure.
Top tips from this week
Top tips this week. Keep a record of your first reading – what you think matters. Pay close attention to the words on the page and work with them to …
Self assessment questionnaire
Here are a series of questions, designed to assess your own ability. A) To what extent do this lecturer’s ideas about reading in context complement what we have been doing …
