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5 Top Bibliography Tips

A high-quality bibliography or reference list is an essential part of any academic essay. So...

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5 Handy Hints for Writing Up Your Results

It won’t surprise you to discover that the results section of your dissertation is quite...

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Ready, Set, NaNoWriMo!

That’s right, NaNoWriMo is only a few days away: are you ready for the marathon...

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4 Top Tips for Reading Week

Many humanities subjects have a reading week halfway through the first semester of the academic...

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7 Tips on Writing a Novel

The saying goes that everyone has a story in them; however, actually writing it may...

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5 Common Spelling Errors

Do you find yourself making the same spelling errors again and again? Spelling and grammar...

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Tell-Tale Signs of the Third-Year University Student

For all those final year students out there… any of these sound familiar? Leave a...

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How to Use ‘Although’, ‘Whereas’ and ‘Despite’

Three tricky words for students who speak English as a second language are ‘although’, ‘despite’...

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5 Amazing Ways to Save Money on Energy Bills

If you have just started your second year at university, chances are you’re starting to...

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5 Things We Wish We’d Been Told When Starting University

Starting university isn’t always easy. You’re in a new place, you’ve got to make new...

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8 Basic Revision Tips

Learning to revise effectively is essential while studying for a degree. The best revision techniques...

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Proofreading: Humans vs. Computers (6 Reasons why Humans are Better)

These days there are lots of automatic spellcheckers and grammar bots around. Microsoft Word’s automatic...

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