Resources

Trevor Day has written numerous guides to writing and communication for staff and students in higher education institutions. He also writes generic guidance, some of which is available below.

Trevor's  top ten writing tips is aimed at undergraduates. Postgraduates, teaching and research staff have also found them useful.

Trevor's using apostrophes is a two-page resource, providing rules, examples and self-test questions.

Using words positively provides down-to-earth guidance on writing with sensitivity, respectful of readers from a wide variety of backgrounds.

Conference papers and peer-reviewed articles

A selection of recent ones includes:

Day, T., 2011. What writing expectations do UK employers have of engineering graduates? And how might universities respond? European Association for Teachers of Academic Writing (EATAW) Conference, 30 June 2011, University of Limerick, Ireland.

Day, T., Pritchard, J. and Heath, A., 2010. Sowing the seeds of enhanced academic writing support in a research-intensive university. Educational Developments, 11 (3), pp. 18-21.

Day, T., Humphreys, L. and Duncombe, B., 2010. Encouraging undergraduates' academic writing development in e-learning contexts that students access independently or in subject-based groups. Writing Development in Higher Education (WDHE) Conference 2010, 28-30 June 2010, London.

Day, T., 2008. Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) and its potential to contribute to the teaching and learning of academic writing. In: Writing Development in Higher Education (WDHE) Conference 2008, 25 June 2008, University of Strathclyde.

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