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on form and function – and Les Back’s Academic Diary
So you want to write a book which examines everyday life in the contemporary university. You want to show the ways in which academic work is constrained, but also what freedoms are still possible. You want to communicate the reasons … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic Diary, form and function, genre, Les Back, show and tell
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your academic writing is “slow” – some thoughts on pace
Last week I happened across a facebook post which went a little like this. “My supervisor has just told me my literature chapter was slow and tortuous. What do I do?” This feedback is a pretty clear example of a … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, literature review
Tagged literature chapter, Pat Thomson, sentence length, show and tell, writing pace
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