Academic & Research Writing Resources

How to build a thesis statement in academic writing
  1. Developing A Thesis

  2. The thesis statement

  3. Thesis statements

  4. Developing a thesis statement
How to build strong arguments in argumentative essays
  1. Developing and supporting an argument

  2. Constructing an argument

  3. Developing an argument out of evidence

  4. Organizing your argument

  5. Constructing a logical argument
Discipline-specific writing
  1. Writing an Engineering technical report

  2. Writing a Science lab report

  3. Writing a business report

  4. Writing a case analysis

  5. Writing for psychology
Research writing: writing up qualitative research
  1. Unit 1: structure and introduction

  2. Unit 2: literature review

  3. Unit 3: methodology

  4. Unit 4: data chapters

  5. Unit 5: the final chapter

  6. Unit 6: the first few pages
Research Writing: writing a research proposal
  1. General guidance for writing a thesis proposal:

  2. Writing a research proposal – a guide for science and engineering students:

  3. A sample research proposal with comments:

  4. A short guideline for writing MPhil/PhD/EdD research proposal:
Other types of writing in the university
  1. Reflective writing

  2. Creative writing

  3. The science of scientific writing

  4. Dissertation writing for graduates

  5. PhD-related writing
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