Referencing, report and essay writing.
Category: Learning and Teaching
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Hello all, I am David, the new care experienced officer. pleasure to meet you even if electronically. Through discussion with other liberation group officers, the issue of essay writing came up, and how if a student is unaware of how to write in an academic matter then all responsibility to seek help is placed upon them and they are left to attend the LDC - an amazing service - should they feel confident enough.
I am proposing that every student at the start of whichever year they are attending, the student will be given a class/mini-seminar on what their school is looking for with respect to referencing, how to write academically and what an academic essay may look like for example. This would be applicable to all students respective of age and stage of the study.
The hope is that this may empower students to feel empowered from their initial interactions with the university. Please do vote and let me know your thoughts. Thank You. David Grimm
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It would be good if thee was a standard format that was given for essays, dissertations etc allowing students to use it for set up rather than losing marks for not correct format. Also all 1st year students should be offered microsoft( other softwares are available) help. It is wrong to assume that all students know how to use MS word , excel etc, especially the shortcuts. I have seen 3rd+4th year students that don’t know how to set up the auto format function how to align text etc. We just assume that everyone nowadays is tech savvy and that isn’t the case ( except for Xbox and PS4)