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Developing your ideas

Posted on 25 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

This interactive tutorial looks at how students can use their research to develop their own ideas and arguments. It guides them through the process of gathering their ideas, creating a clear argument, and organising and structuring their ideas into an essay outline This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written
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Writing critically and structuring your essay

Posted on 24 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

This interactive tutorial gives a comprehensive guide to writing the first draft of an essay and writing in an academic style. It explores how to write critically and use evidence appropriately. It also looks at essay structure, paragraph structure, and how to write effective sentences. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series
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Editing and reviewing

Posted on 23 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

This interactive tutorial guides students through the process of editing and review their essay. It includes activities that allow them to practice reviewing content and structure as well as spelling, punctuation and grammar. This resource is part of the Essay survival guide series of tutorials written for undergraduate students.
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Developing critical arguments

Posted on 22 May 2025 by Rebecca Mogg

This is a Xerte tutorial aimed at postgraduate taught level students which: explains the difference between descriptive and critical writing explores how to effectively synthesise information from a range of sources, and demonstrates how to form paragraphs that synthesise sources while making your own arguments and opinions clear. This tutorial is part of the Writing
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Academic writing style

Posted on 22 May 2025 by Rebecca Mogg

This Xerte tutorial is aimed at postgraduate taught level students, and covers how to: structure your work write in an academic style use appropriate academic language revise, edit and proofread what you have written This tutorial is part of the Writing at Postgraduate Level series.
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Synthesis activity

Posted on 18 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

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.
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Designing your presentation

Posted on 17 May 2025 by Neil Pollock

This interactive tutorial will help students to identify appropriate tools for developing visual aids, as well as showing how to use text, images, charts and other multimedia elements effectively. This resource is part of the Surviving your presentations series of tutorials, which guide students through the whole process of creating and delivering presentations.
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