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How to improve your
academic writing
In a recent survey, academic staff
at the University identified the
interrelated skills of
writing
and reasoning as the two most
important skills for
success
in ... education; when asked
which skills students most often
lacked, writing was again at the
top of their list.
7. Writing
Support at Essex
mySkills
mySkills is the University’s academic skills
website. It ... society’.
Try to develop your ability to read your
work with fresh and critical eyes.
Empathise with your reader. It may help to
read aloud to yourself; that way you can be
hyper-sensitive to your punctuation,...