Work with your lecturer, tutor or peers

• Ask your lecturer or tutor for feedback on your assignment draft. This allows you to make improvements before handing it in. Some markers will give feedback on a draft and some won’t.
• During consultation hours for your lecturer or tutor, ask them for more feedback on your marked essay.
• Ask your lecturer or department if there are any examples of good essays to see what you are aiming for.
• Discuss your essay ideas, markers’ feedback and your writing process with other students.

Engage with the Learning Hub

There are several ways you can work with the Learning Hub (Academic Language and Learning).

• You can attend a workshop.
• Request a short writing test for a ‘diagnosis’ of your writing.
• Alternatively, ask for an appointment to show our staff one of your essays, preferably with your marker’s feedback. Note that we can’t help you proofread or edit a draft.
• Review our online resources.

Resources

• The University Library has online resources as well as face-to-face classes.
• Write site provides online support to help you develop your academic and professional writing skills. There are modules on grammar, using sources and structuring assignments.
• The Sydney Law School provides a legal writing resources in Canvas.
• The School of Psychology provides a guide for writing research reports in psychology in Canvas.
• Academic Phrasebook provides general phrases for academic writing and for writing sections or a research paper.
• Writing for a purpose provides information on writing in the disciplines.