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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 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.

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.