| Resource title and description | Type |
|---|---|
| Citation examples (OSCOLA) An interactive activity describing the components that form the citation of an Act, the citation of an case, and a neutral citation in the Oxford Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (OSCOLA) style. | |
| Synthesis activity This activity asks students to write a paragraph using information, evidence, or opinions from a selection of different sources. The aim is to help students develop their skills in synthesising information in order to support their arguments. | Activity |
| Proofreading activity This activity demonstrates the importance of proofreading work prior to submission. Students are presented with a paragraph of text and are asked to identify six errors, which include simple spelling mistakes, typos and homophones. | |
| Identifying the key ideas to research An activity to help identify key ideas or concepts before beginning research. | |
| When to cite exercise A drag and drop exercise in which knowledge of when to cite work of others is tested. | |
| Avoiding plagiarism exercise A brief exercise containing four questions testing your ability to recognise plagiarism. | |
| Compile the references (OSCOLA) Test ability to create correctly formatted references in the OSCOLA style. Piece together the fragments of a reference to form a correctly formatted reference. | |
| Citing in the text (Harvard) A ‘fill in the blanks’ exercise to test skills citing references within a passage of text using the Cardiff University Harvard style. | |
| Compile the references (Harvard) Activity testing ability to create correctly formatted references in the Cardiff Harvard style. Piece together the different elements of a reference to form a correctly formatted reference. |
