ALACS-Academic Writing: Synthesising Sources
Duration 6 days
Team Centre For English Language Education

Duration: 6 weeks

Open to all students | All disciplines welcome

Aims and objectives

The course helps you to:

  • use information from different reading sources to support your argument, to develop your own ‘voice’ in academic writing, and to avoid plagiarism
  • take a critical approach to reading/writing and use strategies for critical writing
  • understand academic conventions for referencing · use academic style appropriately


Syllabus

Week 1 Writing paragraphs
Week 2 Including sources
Week 3 Referencing
Week 4 Using sources: selection and synthesis
Week 5 Comment and critical stance
Week 6 Stylistic development
LocationStart DateAll DatesTimesPlaces AvailableBook
Online Course26 January 202626 January, 02, 09, 16, 23 February, 02 March 20269:00am - 10:30am30Booking Open12-01-2026 10:00
Jubilee Campus26 January 202626 January, 02, 09, 16, 23 February, 02 March 202611:00am - 12:30pm24Booking Open12-01-2026 10:00
Online Course27 January 202627 January, 03, 10, 17, 24 February, 03 March 20264:30pm - 6:00pm30Booking Open12-01-2026 10:00
University Park28 January 202628 January, 04, 11, 18, 25 February, 04 March 20263:00pm - 4:00pm30Booking Open12-01-2026 10:00