help with writing

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anyone know of any short course that help you up your writing to university standard?

if you can get a place, most universities have additional options that you can take to help you with whatever sort of writing you're struggling with - ie scientific reports, academic essays - through the support services
other than checking out what's on offer at your local FE college I'm stumped though - are you worrying because you haven't done any 'academic' stuff for a while or are your english quals borderline for entrance?

The Open University runs short courses (many online) including one called Start Writing Essays. This may be the sort of thing you're looking for.

The uni I'm at offers courses on essay writing for mature students or those who have been out of education for a while. If you're unsure, it may be a good idea to email/phone the admissions tutor for the particular degree you're interested in.

I did a "Studyskills for academic success" course. It was offered by CfaP (Centre for academic practice) at my most local University. It's a course aimed at people who haven't studied in a long time and it teaches about Essay writing and referencing, etc...!
It was £100 for a 10 week course (one night a week) and money well spend

hiya,

im actually doing a distance course thru a uni 300 miles away from me, my local uni does a intro course which covers study skills etc but it just really trhe writing i want help with, i have submitted work and got b- x2 which isnt bad i dont think but my tutor says she is worried!!
ill hone the uni and see if they have any other courses

thanks for the advice

Argh, for whatever reason I can't seem to open the University of Northampton website right now....well, I was going to link you to their CfaP bit, because they have some good info and downloadable stuff on the website...which might help you!
B- is pretty good though....
for what it's worth, analytical writing simply means that you don't just write the Info down that whichever recourses give you, but that you "analyse" it, i.e. show you understand what it means and the consequences of it...if that amkes sense...I am crap at explaining....

hah...was able to get on the site I was looking for afterall:
look here, some online tutorial stuff...maybe there is somehting that will help you

thanks 3andnomore, just had a look thru and it looks great.I enroled onto a next steps at university course today a 12 week course once a week and you get uni credits from it

thanks to everyone who replied

Sounds like a similar course as I did...I got some credits for it....but not many....luckily that was not a deciding factor for the course I chose...