Professional Communication Library Guide: Writing Tools and Guides

UCT's consultancy service for students from all faculties, and all academic levels.

"The UCT Writing Centre aims to help students develop their writing skills. It is a one-on-one consultation service for any student who wants to talk about their writing. Our aim is to assist students at all stages of the writing process, from analyzing a task to writing up the final draft of a thesis."

Register at the Writing Centre's online booking system and make appointments for one-on-one help.

Open from 9am-4pm, Monday to Friday.

email Writing Center.   +27 21 6505021

 Steve Biko Building, Level 6, Room 6.16, Upper Campus. View Map it is in grid C7

• Developing good academic practice from the Open University Learning Space

  Welcome to the "Developing good academic practices" resource. It is intended to help you develop good academic practices in your studies, and when producing assignments and completing assessments. Although designed as a course to work through, the resource can also be used to dip in and out of, if you feel you need to improve your skills in a particular area.
• Essay and Report Writing Skills from the Open University Learning Space

  Writing reports and assignments can be a daunting prospect. This unit is designed to help you develop the skills you need to write effectively for academic purposes. You will learn how to interpret questions and how to plan, structure and write your assignment or report.
• Literature review library guide

  Alex D'Angelo and Lara Skelly
  What is a literature review? Thesis, antithesis and synthesis

  more...
• List of useful books

  A list of books issued by the writing centre - available at UCT Libraries.
• How to write a thesis

  J. Wegner (2010)
  James Cook University Australia

• Brilliant Dissertation by Bill Kirton

  Call Number: 808.02 KIRT

  ISBN: 9780273743774

  Publication Date: 2011-01-01
• Writing a Research Paper by Lionel Menasche

  Call Number: 808.023 MENA

  ISBN: 0472083694

  Publication Date: 1997-09-23
• How to succeed in your master's and doctoral studies : a South African guide and resource book by Mouton, J.

  Call Number: 808.023 MOUT

  ISBN: 9780627024849

  Publication Date: 2001