An essential book to support students from diverse backgrounds as they embark on a Master’s degree in social work.
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- 2024
- 2021
Academic Writing for International Students of Science
- 214 pages
- 8 hours of reading
This revised and updated second edition is an accessible companion designed to help science and technology students develop the knowledge, skills and strategies needed to produce clear and coherent academic writing in their university assignments. Using authentic texts to explore the nature of scientific writing, the book covers key areas such as scientific style, effective sentence and paragraph structure, and coherence in texts and arguments. Throughout the book, a range of tasks offers the opportunity to put theory into practice. The explorative tasks allow you to see how language works in a real scientific context, practice and review tasks consolidate learning and help you to develop your own writing skills, and reflective tasks encourage you to think about your own knowledge and experience, and bring this to bear on your own writing journey at university. Key features of the new edition include: - Updated content and additional tasks throughout - New chapters, covering writing in the sciences and writing at university - The introduction of reflective tasks - Up-to-date examples of authentic scientific writing Clear, engaging and easy-to-use, this is an invaluable tool for the busy science or technology student looking to improve their writing and reach their full academic potential.
- 2020
Critical Thinking Skills for your Policing Degree
- 80 pages
- 3 hours of reading
An essential text for all those undertaking a policing degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for critical thinking, reading and writing.
- 2020
Communication Skills for your Policing Degree
- 112 pages
- 4 hours of reading
For those undertaking a policing degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of policing.
- 2020
Academic Writing and Referencing for your Policing Degree
- 144 pages
- 6 hours of reading
An essential text for all those undertaking a policing degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for academic writing and referencing.
- 2019
For those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of social work.
- 2019
Communication Skills for your Nursing Degree
- 120 pages
- 5 hours of reading
For those undertaking a nursing degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of nursing and healthcare in HE.
- 2019
An essential text for all those undertaking an education or teaching degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for critical thinking, reading and writing.
- 2019
Critical Thinking Skills for your Social Work Degree
- 96 pages
- 4 hours of reading
An essential text for all those undertaking a social work degree within higher education, providing study support and skills development for critical thinking, reading and writing.
- 2019
For those undertaking an education or teaching degree within higher education, this book provides study support and skills development for both oral and written communication in the context of education and teaching.