• The library’s ‘[Heads Up]1‘ resources (“giving you a head start at uni”) include resources on academic writing, referencing, evaluating information, and ‘starting your assignment’ * UTS HELPS (Higher Education Language and Presentation Support) has some great [self-help resources to support student writing]1, as well as pointing to external resources, offering [one-to-one drop-in]2 sessions, setting up [peer-support]3, discipline-specific group-collaborative sessions ([UPassWrite]4), and general writing [workshops]5. * UTS has an institutional subscription to [Grammarly]6, which offers some writing feedback beyond that offered in Word (by [default at least]7), although some of my colleagues are not keen on elements of this feedback * In CIC we’re trialling the [Academic Writing Analytics (AWA)]8 tool for argumentative and reflective writing, which all students have access to (and some are encouraged to use as part of our research process) * Within-faculty support, for example the [Business school has an excellent writing guide]9.

Footnotes

  1. http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/headsup 2

  2. http://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/support/helps/assignment-writing-assistance

  3. http://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/support/helps/helps-uconnect-volunteer-programs

  4. http://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/support/helps/upasswrite

  5. http://www.uts.edu.au/current-students/support/helps/daily-workshops/writing-skills

  6. http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/attachments/article/How%20to%20Sign%20Up%20for%20Grammarly.pdf

  7. http://sjgknight.com/finding-knowledge/2015/12/getting-more-out-of-microsoft-words-spelling-and-grammar-checker/

  8. https://utscic.edu.au/tools/awa/

  9. http://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/business-writing-guide-2014.pdf