Learning & Study Support

Developing 'Good Academic Practice': Explained

Dedicated teams in the library offer a range of learning and study support to help you build and improve your academic practice. You will be expected to apply good academic writing skills in your course of study and demonstrate this through completing module assignments, dissertations or research etc. This is important as your work will be assessed based on your understanding of the set work.

Good academic practice is that process that you are expected to demonstrate as you complete your academic work, this involves presenting your own work honestly, being able to express with clarity your own thoughts and ideas as you emphasise points and by applying the appropriate academic style e.g. using correct referencing and citation to demonstrate acknowledgement of using other resources. Understanding can be assessed in many ways and these are key components to good academic practice and are essential as they also ensure feedback on your work which will highlight your strengths and areas needing development. Importantly, these skills are essential to avoid academic offences and 'bad academic practice'.

Our Centres and services in the Library can assist and support in the development of good academic practice by developing these core and study skills which all help towards developing good academic practice e.g. in writing, reading, assignment development, searching resources effectively, maths and statistics, digital & IT skills; research support and subject specific support.