We've launched a new site, called UniSkills, a suite of programs designed to help develop the skills you need for academic study. We recommend you familiarise and use the content on the UniSkills site. The content on the site you are currently viewing is scheduled to expire around May, 2021. Feedback about the change and the new UniSkills site can be posted here.
If you are looking for the Better Referencing program or test, please note it has moved to the Curtin Challenge platform, and is now called Writing with Integrity.
If you are looking for the Better Referencing program or test, please note it has moved to the Curtin Challenge platform, and is now called Writing with Integrity.
In this program we look at the way sentences are structured. When you understand sentence structure, you have the key to punctuation and grammar.
The aim is to support students who have already met the university English language entrance requirements to write academic papers and make presentations.
This program will introduce you to essay structure and give you the confidence to know that you can always write a competent and well structured essay.
- WELCOME
- Introduction
- Step 1: Analyse the brief
- Step 2: Formulate a provisional thesis statement
- Step 3: Gather data (read and make notes)
- Step 4: Organise data and ideas, revise thesis statement
- Step 5: Write the middle paragraphs
- Step 6: Write introduction and conclusion
- Step 7: Edit and proofread
- Conclusion and bibliography
- Model essay one
- Model essay two
This program will take you through steps of self-management. No-one can manage time: time waits for no man (or woman); time is constant; and time is fleeting.
