A Student's Survival Guide to Academic Writing

Don't be concerned. This is the golden rule of effective academic writing for students, whether you're a final-year undergraduate or postgraduate student writing your dissertation, a first-year student facing an essay deadline, or a student preparing for end-of-year examinations. Developing a high standard of academic writing is difficult, but with proper assignment planning, active attention to improving your writing skills, and – most importantly – practice, you will gradually improve your capacity to write high-quality essays and other assignments, until it is difficult to recall the challenge of writing your first academic essay.

 

In summary, it attempts to provide a basic survival guide for students studying politics and international studies modules at all levels of undergraduate and postgraduate study by offering a quick overview of the important 'tools of the trade' in academic writing.