Essays, reports and dissertations

Much of the work you will be asked to do at University is written. Written work is not only a way of communicating your understanding of a topic, but can also be a learning process in itself, prompting you to think about how to organise your knowledge and find new connections.

In this section you will find resources to help you develop your practices in different types of written assignment.

Essays

• Planning & structuring your essay
• Writing your essay
• Develop your essay writing

Reports

• Features of good reports
• Structuring your report
• Writing up your report

Dissertations

• Planning your dissertation
• Researching your dissertation
• Writing up your dissertation

Literature reviews

• Starting a literature review
• Undertaking a literature review
• Developing your literature review