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

Academic Writing: Synthesising Sources

Duration: 6 weeks

Aims and objectives

This course aims to familiarise yourself with the university expectations for avoiding plagiarism, developing a critical approach, and maintaining academic style in coursework. 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 British 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
University Park03 February 202503, 10, 17, 24 February, 03, 10 March 20252:30pm - 4:00pm26
Jubilee Campus04 February 202504, 11, 18, 25 February, 04, 11 March 20253:00pm - 4:00pm30
University Park05 February 202505, 12, 19, 26 February, 05, 12 March 20254:30pm - 6:00pm35
Jubilee Campus05 February 202505 February 20254:30pm - 6:00pm28
Online Course06 February 202506, 13, 20, 27 February, 06, 13 March 20254:30pm - 6:00pm12