Academic Writing Made Easy

This MOOC takes you through the basics of academic writing step by step. From structuring and organising an academic text to avoiding common pitfalls that can negatively affect your credibility, this 6-week course offers a guide for those who want to improve their writing. It looks at various components that will make your academic writing stand out for all the right reasons, including paragraphing, style, tone, paraphrasing and punctuation. Using samples of student writing it also gives you tips on what to avoid and explains why. Each week is comprised of video lessons, followed by exercises and peer-review tasks, taking you through various aspects of academic writing.

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Why this program?

As researchers, scientists, professors and students, our jobs significantly rely on our ability to explain our ideas to others. Whether it is a grant proposal, a research paper, a motivation letter or a thesis, an impactful and clear text is guaranteed to open more doors for you. Therefore, this program aims to teach the principles of effective communication to help anyone working with the English language. The program not only offers a holistic view on improving the structure, style and cohesion of a text, but also focuses on the smaller details like punctuation, paragraphing, vocabulary and much more. This makes our program useful for non-academics as well, because these rules can be extrapolated to suit other kinds of writing. So whether you are an aspiring researcher or a blooming blogger, this course provides valuable insights to help you refine your writing.