Learning Development Service
Contact Info
Learning Development Service
Student Guidance Centre
Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 3618
E-mail: lds@qub.ac.uk
Office Hours
Normal hours are Monday-Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.
Evening and Skype appointments are available upon request.
2011 Teaching Award Recipient
Writing Skills
Developing your writing skills is an important part of your academic education. While written assignments are a way to assess your learning it is also an opportunity for you, as a student, to really get to grips with what you are learning. Within these assignments you should always aim to show that you have both understood what you are learning about and that you are able to put ideas/arguments/theories into context and together with other relevant material.
Different assignments, however, require different approaches and styles. For that purpose we have created some useful short guides on different types of written assignments, as well as more general guides regarding good writing practice.
| Essay writing | 5 Step Guide |
| Writing Introductions and Conclusions | |
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Common Terms |
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| Literature Review | |
| Report Writing | Coming soon |
| Learning Journal | Coming soon |
| Further writing tips | Critical Analytical Writing |
| Connect Your Writing | |
| Grammar and punctuation | Punctuation |
| Comma usage | |
| Structuring Sentences | |
| Structuring Paragraphs | |
| Verb usage | |
| Adjectives | |
| Adverbs | |
| Nouns | |
| Pronouns | |
| Grammatical Terms |
For further help and guidance there are workshops covering different forms of academic writing, and all students can also book one-to-one sessions with the learning development tutors.

