Research writing

Are you doing Honours, MPhil or a PhD? Writing a thesis, exegesis or a publication? Learn how you can manage a research project from start to finish and communicate its significance with authority.

Appointments

Academic Skills offers one to one 45 minutes appointment for ºÚÁÏÌìÌÃstudents.…

Kickstart your project

 Embarking on a research project can be a daunting prospect. You may be…

Research proposals

If you are applying to undertake a research degree or a degree with a research…

Thesis structures

  Whether you're writing a traditional thesis, thesis by…

Introductions

 After the abstract, examiners will usually read your overall thesis…

Literature reviews

In research writing, you need to demonstrate how your research makes a…

Chapter writing

  A chapter is a discrete unit of a research report or thesis, and it…

Conclusions

Conclusions are an important opportunity for you to draw together your key…

Editing and finishing

When editing a long piece of work such as a thesis, research report, or…

Journal article writing

Sharing knowledge is a core principle of academia, and publications are an…

Presentations

During the course of your research program, you will be required to…

Posters

The purpose of a poster is to provide a visual summary of your research project…

Turnitin Practice site

The Turnitin practice site lets you practice using Turnitin by submitting…

Wattle sites

In addition to these research writing webpages, we also provide Wattle sites…