academic writing
Using what you read in what you write – Summarising, paraphrasing and quoting other authors
Karen Stokes2024-07-19T11:48:31+01:0018/07/2024|Tags: academic writing, APA7, barrington, knl, referencing, SOMLibrary|
University life involves a serious amount of reading and writing. We study the work of other people to inform ourselves about a topic. When we then re-use that knowledge to create our own work, we ...
Getting ready to hand in your thesis?
Cranfield University2024-07-12T15:00:47+01:0015/07/2024|Tags: academic writing, advice, formatting, guidelines, IT, knl, SOMLibrary, stress, template, thesis|
You are nearly there! Many of our current students are starting to think about finishing their theses. If you are one of them, then you might find this post useful as you write up your ...
Shut up and Write!
Mandy Smith2024-06-10T15:08:13+01:0004/06/2024|Tags: academic writing, barrington, doctoral students, knl, masters students, new students, shutupandwrite, SOMLibrary, study skills|
Studying can be a solitary experience and the overwhelming force of procrastination too often prevents it from happening at all. If this sounds familiar to you, then we may have the solution! Come and join ...
Academic writing and being critical
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2024-04-30T16:37:46+01:0001/05/2024|Tags: academic english, academic writing, barrington, knl, SOMLibrary, study skills|
Academic writing is daunting. Capturing all your thoughts and analysis and putting them down onto paper in some sort of understandable fashion is a challenge. Did you know we have resources in our Cranfield Study ...
Come to a virtual study session in May
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2024-04-25T14:10:57+01:0026/04/2024|Tags: academic writing, barrington, knl, SOMLibrary, study skills, thesis|
What are virtual study sessions? These are online study sessions facilitated by Library staff, where you can study independently alongside other students via Teams. They are a great way for you to dedicate specific time ...
Working on your group project? We can help!
Karyn Meaden-Pratt2024-03-04T17:27:33+00:0004/03/2024|Tags: academic writing, barrington, group projects, knl, poster presentation, SOMLibrary, study skills, teamwork|
When undertaking a group project, typically you'll need to investigate a topic, decide on a methodology for your investigation, gather and collate information and data, share your findings with each other, and then formally report ...