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The Undergraduate Research Handbook
A practical, research-informed text providing student researchers with models, tasks and activities to enable them to think through, plan, action, write up and present their research.
Student Writing
Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and 'academic literacies studies' from the UK, the book challenges current official discourse on writing as a 'skill'. Lillis argues for an approach which sees student writing as social practice. The book draws extensively on a three-year study with ten non-traditional students in higher education and their experience of academic writing. Using case study material - including literacy history interviews, extended discussions with students about their writing of discipline specific essays, and extracts from essays - Lillis identifies the following as...
The Science Student's Guide to Dissertations and Research Projects
Scientific research should be interesting and exciting. When you finally get your data and, even better – it makes sense! There's nothing quite like it. Your final research project will give you a flavour of what it will be like if you decide you would like to make a career in scientific research. This book will help you get the most out of that experience. In her years of work with students, Jess Bownes has answered countless questions about conducting and writing about scientific research. In this book, she distils her advice into one essential guide to writing dissertations and research projects and addresses the most common concerns and questions that science students have. This book s...
Your Undergraduate Dissertation
'This is a refreshing and inspiring book, of equal value to both the anxious and the ambitious student' - Lucinda Becker, Department of English Literature, University of Reading In the second edition of this best-selling guide, Nicholas Walliman provides expert, step-by-step advice on managing and developing a successful undergraduate project. This book takes you through each stage of your dissertation, answering questions including: How do I choose an appropriate topic for my dissertation? How do I write a research proposal? What's a literature review, how do I conduct it and how do I write it up? How can I ensure I'm an ethical researcher? What methods of data collection are appropriate for my research question? Once I have collected my data, what do I do? What's the best structure for my dissertation? Full of examples from real student projects, interdisciplinary case studies and illustrated with cartoons to make you smile along the way, this book will tell you all you need to know to write a brilliant dissertation.
Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres
Stance and Voice in Written Academic Genres brings together a range of perspectives on two of the most important and contested concepts in applied linguistics: stance and voice. International experts provide an accessible, yet authoritative introduction to key issues and debates surrounding these terms.
Student Essentials: Dissertation
Student Essentials: Dissertation - in one hour gives you all the essential skills you need when planning and writing a dissertation for your degree. Taking you step-by-step through every stage, helping you develop and apply core dissertation skills quickly to really boost your approach and essay execution. Student Essentials: Dissertation - in one hour is packed full of jargon-free, practical advice to help you really get to grips with every element of your dissertation or are looking to refine your essay and assessment skills. Checklists and exercises ensure you tackle each stage of your dissertation head-on and develop key skills for dissertation success, from getting started and developin...
Academics Writing
Academics Writing recounts how academic writing is changing in the contemporary university, transforming what it means to be an academic and how, as a society, we produce academic knowledge. Writing practices are changing as the academic profession itself is reconfigured through new forms of governance and accountability, increasing use of digital resources, and the internationalisation of higher education. Through detailed studies of writing in the daily life of academics in different disciplines and in different institutions, this book explores: the space and time of academic writing; tensions between disciplines and institutions around genres of writing; the diversity of stances adopted t...
Teaching Academic Writing in UK Higher Education
Academic Writing is emerging as a distinct subject for teaching and research in higher education in the UK and elsewhere. Teaching Academic Writing in UK Higher Education introduces this growing field and provides a resource for university teachers, researchers and administrators interested in developing students' writing.
Writing for Science Students
"There are plenty of writing guides for the university audience, but most of them cater to students who spend their whole lives writing essays: students in the arts and the humanities. Scientific degrees don't work that way, and scientific writing doesn't look the same as theirs. This award-winning guide equips students of all scientific disciplines with the skills they need to communicate effectively in written assignments. It offers clear and highly practical guidance on every stage of the writing process, from understanding the assignment they've been set, to researching and planning, right through to drafting and editing"--
Polish Your Academic Writing
A Super Quick guide to polishing your academic writing, helping you write with impact and get the best grades.
