Academic Development support workshops and tutorials are available for registered international students at the University of Sussex.
We are developing an online resource for self-help on Study Direct
Below is a previous version of our self-study information - we are migrating this to Study Direct.
Please read the introduction to these pages
- The Four Principles of Academic Communication
- Definitions of critical analysis, claim, argument, opinion, hypothesis, theory
- Critical Analysis, Argument and Opinion in depth
- Opinion and Subjectivity/Objectivity
- What is an Academic Essay? A Description of the Formal Properties of the Essay
- Notes on Formal Academic Conventions and Integrating Reading with Writing
- Feedback and Assessment (undergraduates)
- Examination Preparation (undergraduates)
- Tutor Analysis of Problems and Remedial Actions (assessment of postgraduate writing)
- You and Your Tutors
- Reading and Noting
- Noting and listening to lectures
- Speed versus Selection
- The Critical Reader (Text Structure and Argument - also useful when preparing for writing)
- Argument: Logic - Analysis - Criticism
- Use and Abuse of Argument
Preparing for Written Work (much also applies to seminars)
- Choosing a Topic (postgraduates)
- Understanding and Choosing Essay Questions (for undergraduates and postgraduates where tutors specify essay titles)
- Planning and Brainstorming (undergraduates)
- Planning and Brainstorming (postgraduates)
- Order of Writing
- Hedging and Mitigated Claims
- Punctuation
- Use of Articles (the/a/-)
- This/that reference
- American and British English
- Frequently Asked Questions about Seminars
- Presenting and Participating in Seminars
- Seminars in detail
- Undergraduate Essay Sample (Art History, 'A' grade essay - Open University)
- M.Phil. Essay Sample Excerpt (Kenneth Fung's Critical Analysis)
- For an example of a good MA dissertation, see Jon Clenton: Learning Styles and the Japanese
- For an example of a good MA essay, see Jon Clenton: Academic Writing: towards an integrated approach?
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English Language & Study Skills Support workshops and tutorials are available for registered international students at the University of Sussex. If you have any further study skills questions please contact Alison Chisholm: A.M.Chisholm@sussex.ac.uk These Study Skills pages were originally produced by Doreen du Boulay. |