Improved Academic Writing
Academic Writing Resources on this website
More resources on other websites
Academic Phrasebank - from The University of Manchester [click here]
Become your own editor - from The University of South Australia [click here]
Academic English online [click here]
Academic Writing Skills - Learning Resources from the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/gothedistance/academicwriting
How to write an introduction - UNE - [click here]
How to write a conclusion - UNE [click here]
How to create authoritative voice in your writing - Dr Inger Mewburn [click here]
Writing for science - University of Leicester [click here]
Writing academically - University of Reading [click here]
Excelsior Online Writing Lab - https://owl.excelsior.edu/writing-process/
How to write paragraphs - [writing for research]
A Short Guide to Reflective Writing by The University of Birmingham
Click here for more info on lab reports (Univ of Toronto)
Designing Conference posters - by Colin Purrington [click here]
Andy Field's handout "How to produce a lab report in APA style" [click here]
Strunk, W., Jr., & White, E. B. (1979). The elements of style (3rd ed.). New York: Macmillan. [full text]
Whitesides, G. M. (2004). Whitesides' group: writing a paper. Advanced Materials, 16(15), 1375-1377. [www]
Marjon Generic Grade Descriptors [click here]
Learn to type [click here]
Further Reading
Becker, H. S. (2008). Writing for social scientists: How to start and finish your thesis, book, or article. University of Chicago Press.
Heard, S. B. (2016). The scientist's guide to writing: how to write more easily and effectively throughout your scientific career. Princeton University Press. [google books]
Hotaling, S. (2020). Simple rules for concise scientific writing. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. [https://courses.pbsci.ucsc.edu/eeb/bioe200a/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Simple-rules-for-concise-scientific-writing.pdf]
Sword, H. (2017). Air & light & time & space: How successful academics write. Harvard University Press.
