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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.

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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 your subject. 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 short guides on different types of written assignments including essay writing, literature reviews and learning journals; as well as general writing tips and grammar.

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 a Learning Development Tutor. Have a look at other useful web resources here.