At university, students are expected to write different types of assessment tasks in academic style. To be successful, you need to be familiar with the structure of each assessment task and the required writing skills.
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University students are expected to write their assessments in academic style.
Watch this for a summary of academic style, including examples of how to make your writing authoritative.
What is academic style? (2:04 mins) by RMIT University Library, YouTube.
Writing clearly is a critical skill to develop. Good academic writing is coherent, cohesive and concise. Click on the image hotspots (?) below for a brief explanation of these attributes.
See the Learning Lab guide to Writing clearly and find out how to ensure that your writing is coherent, cohesive and concise.