Sustainability Communication and Action

Academic writing skills

The UniSkills platform is designed to help improve your academic writing, study, numeracy and digital skills. The self-paced modules take you through the academic writing process:

  • Reading introduces you to reading techniques, evaluating the sources you find, reading critically, and note-taking.

  • Writing introduces you to academic writing, the structure and mechanics of sentences, how to use punctuation effectively, the elements involved in report writing, and how to edit and proofread your assessment.

  • Integrating sources guides you through the basics of paraphrasing, summarising and quoting in your academic work.

Presentation skills

The Presentations guide shows you how to structure and practise your presentation, design cohesive and accessible slides and posters, source and reference images, engage your audience, handle questions with confidence, and present successfully both in person and online.

Referencing

Referencing is the practice of acknowledging the sources of information, ideas, or data you use in your assessments. It involves citing these sources within your text and providing full details in a reference list.

Referencing is an important part of your academic work. Good referencing:

  • Demonstrates the depth and quality of your research
  • Provides evidence to support the arguments that you are making in your assessment
  • Assists the reader in locating the sources that you have referred to
  • Acknowledges the work of other researchers and helps to avoid plagiarism.

APA style referencing guide

For this unit, you will need to use the APA 7th referencing style. To format your references, refer to the Curtin Library referencing guide, which provides guidance and examples for in-text citations and reference list entries:

Useful resources: