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MLA Referencing – Key Facts

Referencing sources is clearly a vital part of academic writing, and a skill every student needs...

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5 Tips for LGBT Students

Tomorrow, the 17th of May, is the International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, held...

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A Guide to Student Volunteering: 4 Things You Should Know

Student life can be demanding sometimes, especially when you’ve got an essay due, your love...

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Chicago Referencing – How to Cite a Journal Article

Chicago is more famous for deep-dish pizza than influencing stylistic conventions in the human and...

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Word Choice: It’s vs. Its

Mistakes which are simply a matter of misplaced punctuation tend to be common. Confusions of...

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Star Wars Day! Hollywood’s Greatest (Grammatical) Mistakes

To celebrate Star Wars Day – slogan, ‘May the 4th Be With You’ – we’re...

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Microsoft Word Tips: How to Create a List of Charts and Figures

Microsoft Word is one of the most widely-used computer programs around, with millions of ‘.doc’-uments...

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Citing Secondary Sources with OSCOLA: An Overview

OSCOLA – short for Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities – does exactly...

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Word Choice: Consequently vs. Subsequently

The terms ‘consequently’ and ‘subsequently’ are often confused, primarily because they both end in ‘-sequently’,...

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5 Superb Student Exercise Tips: Working Your Body and Mind

As a student, you might not prioritise exercise. Maybe this is because you’re busy with...

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How to Write an E-mail: Salutations & Valedictions

When writing e-mails it’s vital to use appropriate salutations (i.e. openers) and valedictions (i.e. closers)....

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Tense Use in Essays: Past vs. Present

It’s mostly time travellers who worry about the more convoluted aspects of grammatical tense, but...

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