BIOL10742 Writing and Referencing Skills (WRS) Unit
This Blackboard unit, which is fully online, will be available from the beginning of week 1 in semester 2. It provides additional resources throughout the semester to help you with essay writing, laboratory reports and to extend your writing, summarising and referencing skills in preparation for your Dissertation next year. On successful completion of this unit you should understand what constitutes academic malpractice including plagiarism, be aware of how we as a University detect plagiarism and the consequences of it, and be aware of how to avoid committing it. This unit will help you enhance your academic writing and referencing skills and will help you to store, retrieve and use references within Endnote. For information on the running of the course (course aims, marking, pass criteria, how to get your results) please ensure that you read the course information pages on Blackboard. An e-book, covering the writing skills content, is available to download to help with future assignments.
The deadlines for the assessments are Friday 4pm of weeks 2-8 as shown in the Table below. Extensions are not permitted. Details are available on the course information pages on Blackboard.
You MUST pass (achieve 100% in) the Academic Malpractice module AND achieve an overall cumulative score of 70% or above for the seven WRS modules to pass the tutorial unit. The Academic Malpractice mark does not contribute to the WRS mark.
| Open |
Deadline
(Fridays 4pm) |
|
| Academic Malpractice +
Pre-Assessment + Essential Language Skills1 |
29 Jan* (Mon) |
09 Feb (2) |
| Academic Style | 16 Feb (3) | |
| Text Handling | 23 Feb (4) | |
| Referencing the right way | 02 Mar (5) | |
| Planning Your Search | 09 Mar (6) | |
| Successful Searching | 16 Mar (7) | |
| Endnote Online | 23 Mar (8) |
Queries about the WRS unit should be directed to Dr Lindsay MacDougall (lindsay.macdougall@manchester.ac.uk).
Technical queries, including problems accessing the course, need to be reported to the eLearning team via the dedicated link on Blackboard (a tab, marked technical support, can be found in the menu on the left hand side of the unit site).
School Writer in Residence
The School has three ‘Writers in Residence’ who are funded by The Royal Literary Fund.
They are:
Susan Barker – Monday and Friday
Tania Hershman – Tuesday
Katherine Clements – Wednesday and Thursday
The Writers in Residence are based in the Simon Building. Please see the BIOL10000 Blackboard site for further information about the writers’ expertise and instructions for appointment booking.
Should you need help with English language skills, you can contact the University Language Centre at: http://www.ulc.manchester.ac.uk/