The OCA Library course - available via your 'My Courses' page OCA Learn - provides a useful guide to getting started with written essays and assignments.
Within the Academic Writing section of the course, you can find support to enable you to build a toolkit of skills to help you write about your subject.
The guide covers the following elements:
- What is Academic Writing?
- Making a Plan
- Researching Your Topics
- Introducing and Concluding
- Proofreading Your Work
- Resources.
You may also find it helpful to consult the pages available below:
- Presentation Skills - Provides insight on how to improve your presentation skills, alongside best practice for creating presentation slides and how to prepare for answering a Q&A session.
- How can I develop my research skills? article - Provides links to useful OCA Library tools and information to improve your research skills and utilise library searches.