Voices for writing essays, reports, web pages, blogs etc.

Looks at the different ways we write for different audiences.

Supporting Writing

advice and links related to writing for engineers

Oral Presentations: Preparation and Performance

A short lecture on presentation skills in an academic environment

Professional skills engineers / ECS

A series of resources to provide the background knowledgeable for discussions on professional skills. This may also help as a reference when writing reports or undertaking projects for the first time.

Writing Technical Reports and Papers

A brief coverage of the structure of a paper/report and some hints on writing and avoiding plagiarism

Formal Technical Report Writing, Referencing and Academic integrity

How to present a technical report and maintain academic integrity - supported by a range of on-line activities

Technical report template, links to additonal writing resources

A set of support material to be used when preparing a technical report. Includes report template, and links to other supporting materials specific to the University. Finally link to 2015 COMP1205 technical report assignment specification and allocations http://www.edshare.soton.ac.uk/14582/

Writing Tutorial for Engineers

This tutorial is produced by the Engineering Communications Centre at the University of Toronto. It contains detailed guidance on various aspects of report writing.

Online Writing Handbook (University of Toronto)

Tutorial style handbook on approaches to writing. Suitable for University level students. Topics include basic report writing it also gives you guidance on topics such as layout, referencing and even oral presentations

Writing essays

This is a 13 min 29 second audio recording produced by the University of Southampton. The podcast is designed to help students develop their skills in planning their academic work in writing assignments and essays. You can choose from an MP3 version or WMA version of this item. A transcript of the audio recording is also provided.

A guide given by the Higher Education Academy for report writing

The document explains and details all the relevant information for writing a report and what they are used for. The document explains the sections that should be used for a report and guides the reader on what the content of the report should be like.

Writing an academic literature review

A presentation on how to write an academic literature review for SOES 6018. This module aims to ensure that MSc Oceanography, MSc Marine Science, Policy & Law and MSc Marine Resource Management students are equipped with the skills they need to function as professional marine scientists, in addition to / in conjuction with the skills training in other MSc modules. The module covers training in fieldwork techniques, communication & research skills, IT & data analysis and professional development.