Courses
To see the support available to you, choose your subject areas and find out more about how we can help you.
Course Information
Credit-bearing courses:
Your school will advise you if you need to take one of our credit-bearing English courses. Find out more these courses here.
One to one writing tutorials:
You have the option of a personalised 25-minute appointment with a teacher. These can be used to discuss an assignment that you are working on with one of the teachers. Find out more here.
Suite of standalone sessions
There are 28 standalone sessions that are repeated across the academic year. They are grouped into 6 areas.
Subject-specific writing courses:
For some areas of study, your School will register you on a writing course, and the lessons will appear on your timetable. Details of these modules are shown at the bottom of this page.
Understanding the expectations of academic writing
The following support is available to you:
- INU7394 - What is critical and evaluative writing
- INU7414 - Avoiding Plagiarism
- INU7434 - Expectations of Postgraduate study
Understanding the research and writing process
The following support is available to you:
- INU7454 - Developing and supporting arguments
- INU7474 - The writing process: how to get started
- INU7494 - Literature search skills and strategies
- INU7514 - Using Reference Management Software to Organise Source
- INU7534 - Reading to prepare for writing
- INU7554 - Creating a detailed plan
- INU7574 - Drafting your assignment
Academic presentations and seminars
The following support is available to you:
- INU7074 - Presentation Skills (Input only)
- INU7714 - Dealing with unknown vocabulary when listening 1: Improving your academic vocabulary
- INU7314 - Improving the accuracy and fluency of your spoken English
- INU7514 - Dealing with the difference between how words are written and how they are spoke
- INU7174 - Dealing with unknown vocabulary 2: Focusing on what you do understand
- INU7194 - Dealing with lectures and presentations
- INU7214 - Improving your pronunciation
Academic language for writing
The following support is available to you:
- INU7754 - Developing your academic voice in assignments
- INU7774 - Key features of academic writing style
- INU7794 - Sentence structure in academic writing
- INU7834 - Strategies for proof-reading written assignments
- INU7854 - Academic Language & Grammar - Tenses Used in Academic Writing
- INU7874 - Academic Language & Grammar - Generalising and Describing Trends
- INU7894 - Academic Language & Grammar - Hypothesising (and Predicting)
- INU7914 - Academic Language & Grammar - Defining and Classifying
- INU7934 - Academic Language & Grammar - Taking a Position/Demonstrating Criticality
- INU7974 - Academic Language & Grammar - Conciseness and Clarity in Writing
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Undergraduate
- INU6174 - Critical Writing Skills for Undergraduates in Media, Communications & Cultural Studies
- INU6214 – Writing Literature Reviews for Undergraduates in Arts and Cultures
- INU6464 - Writing your 2nd Year Research Proposal (Business)
Postgraduate Taught
- INU6014 - Writing for Accounting & Finance
- INU6024 - Dissertation Writing for Finance
- INU6054- Legal debate skills
- INU6064 - Writing for Law (Part B)
- INU6074 -Writing for Management & Marketing
- INU6084 - Dissertation Writing for Management & Marketing (November start)
- INU6094 – Writing for MBA students
- INU6084 - Dissertation Writing for MBA students
- INU6154 - Writing for TESOL
- INU6194 - Critical Writing Skills for Postgraduate Students in Media and Communication
- INU6234 - Seminar Skills for Postgraduates in Media and PR
PhD Students
Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering
Undergraduate
- INU6394 - EAP for Undergraduates in the School of Engineering (Part A)
- INU6404 - EAP for Undergraduates in the School of Engineering (Part B)
Postgraduate Taught
- INU6034 -Writing for EEE (Part A)
- INU6044 - Writing up your EEE project
- INU6134 - for Mechanical Engineering students (Part A)
- INU6144 - Writing Up Your Mechanical Engineering Project
- INU6274 - Writing for Civil Engineering & Geo-Science
- INU6294 - Writing for Renewable Energy / Enterprise Management (Part A
- INU6304 - Writing for Renewable Energy
- INU6314 -Writing for Postgraduates in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences.
- INU6414 -Writing for Postgraduates in Computer Science
- INU6424 -Writing for Postgraduates in Computer Science – Part B
- INU6434 - Writing for Postgraduates in Engineering
- INU6444 - Writing Up Your Engineering Project