Academic Writing Course

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Creator(s) (alphabetical)

Louise Kearins

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Atlantic Technological University

Discipline(s)

Education

Topic(s)

Professional Development

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This course was created by the Innovative Opportunities Transforming Education (iNOTE) project by the Atlantic Technological University, Ireland (Sligo College).

This project was funded by the Higher Education Authority Ireland.

The course is available by open access via self enrolment.

You have the option to complete all of the course or just the units that are relevant to you.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

Course topics:

  • Introduction to Academic Writing
  • Effective Reading and Note Taking
  • Avoiding Plagiarism: Citation, referencing and paraphrasing
  • Writing and Assignment: A step by step approach
  • Critical Analysis and Ciritical Writing
  • Report Writing
  • Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

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Kearins, L. (2023). Academic writing course. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/academic-writing-course/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).

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