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Study Write - An Interactive Resource for Improving Academic Scholarship

Project Leader(s): Dan Harding, Scott McGowan, Emma Surman, Teresa Oultram and Alhajie Saidy-Khan

Summary: Study Write is a series of six online videos and interactive quizzes designed to improve students understanding of academic scholarship. It will:

raise awareness of how the various aspects featured on the video underpin academic development,
explain to students the importance of sound academic practice,
provide examples of good practice and encourage the development of a range or related skills in writing and research
provide an authoritative resource for students (and staff) at a distance, especially those on the KMS international programmes, and,
enable students who are coming to theUKto study from overseas to familiarise themselves with scholarship issues at their own pace and prior to arriving at Keele.

It will enable students to:

know the territory of academic scholarship,
identify the different types of information source found there,
read the “map” to find the best route from “reading and assessing” sources to “writing and referencing” (from Study to Write),
equip themselves with the tools to enable them to plan and complete their journey (e.g. searching, reading, note taking, assessing and referencing skills), and,

avoid some of the hazards and pitfalls along the way.