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What you can do to be successful in university assignments

• carefully read and understand the assignment requirements - what you need to do
  
  
• work out what the lecturer is "looking for" - what makes a good assignment, in general and for this topic in particular
  
  
• improve your academic writing
  
  
• Get your Pilot Licence - a series of online tutorials to provide you with the skills and tools to find and manage information effectively
  
  
  

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Module 1: Analysing the topic

Module 2: Finding and identifying relevant academic literature

Module 3: Structuring the assignment to fit the topic

Module 4: Paraphrasing - putting your understanding of other people's ideas and information into your own words

Module 5: Integrating ideas and using evidence from different sources to support a line of argument

Module 6: Constructing a logical argumnt

Module 7: Linking ideas logically using paragraph and sub-section structure

Module 8: Referencing and in-text citations

Module 9: Written expression

Module 10: Preparing for Examination

Module 11: Writing a Case Study