Dissertation Writing, Essays, Ask Study Coach a Question

Congratulations if you have just started the first year of University studies, if you are a returning student then welcome back, and if this is your final year then I’m sure you are delighted. Study Coach is online and via telephone to support University students with their studies. Writing a college or university essay can pose challenges for inexperienced and experienced students, Study Coach is on hand to help. Study Coach is experienced working with students and from our experience we know that students can become anxious writing essays and when writing a final dissertation. It is understandable to feel anxious, since it is important to achieve a good/excellent mark, results can have a direct impact on a student’s future.

Study Coach Help with Essays Assignments

There is no shame in getting support with assignments, this is in fact the role of a personal tutor to give students further guidance and support. Unfortunately due to workload, delivering lectures, conducting seminars and doing research, lectures do not always have sufficient time to support University students. This is unfortunately the state of play, we wish that this wasn’t the situation, but it is the reality. Study Coach is therefore online and available via phone to support University and College students with assignments.

What Students Need

Study Coach realise that some students have great needs understanding academic requirements and writing assignments, particularly if the student has English as a second language (this is not to generalise and conclude that ESOL students have greater needs). Many ESOL students are more than competent in achieving high marks with their assignments, but we have noted that when English is a second language, a student might require more support. Mature students, having left education for many years and now returning to studies may also need extra support. All are welcome at Study Coach. Please however note that Study Coach support does not include writing a student’s assignment. Please therefore note that Study Coach is not an essay mill. Please do not ask Study Coach to write your assignment for you. Please don’t ask anyone to write your assignment for you, this would be categorised as plagiarism’. To instruct an essay writing service to write the essay for you is clearly against University/College rules and hopefully it is against students’ own values and principles. Lecturers are there to provide you with feedback on your essay prior to submitting the work for marking, so seek help from your lecturers or contact Study Coach for support.

Essay Writing Tips

First year students, coming from completing ‘A’ levels or mature students coming from an Access course, can sometimes need support to understand concepts. Study Coach is at hand to give students tips on how to go about collecting evidence for an assignment. Students might need help with understanding key concepts, once again we are usually able to explain the concept. At Study Coach we are multi-disciplined, qualified in a number of academic subjects, hence the reason for using the term ‘usually’. We support students who are studying Adult Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Social Work, Social Care, Health Studies, Education, Teaching, Youth Studies, Criminology, Law and related academic subjects.

Student Problems with Theories

When preparing to write an essay a writing tip is to make a conscious effort to understand key conceptual ideas associated to your assignment. In respect of assignments concepts are terms, usually linked to a particular theory, the theorist (researcher) gives us the meaning and our job is to understand the concept and to appraise. For example, the essay might require students to critically assess the relationship between the following concepts: accommodation, assimilation and intrinsic motivation. If you don’t understand the concepts because you missed the College/University lecture, or you didn’t do the reading, then you will need to seek understanding before you start planning the essay. When you require support simply get in touch with Study Coach.

Concepts/Definitions

If you simply don’t know what to write, the chances are that you don’t fully understand the theoretical concepts stated in the assignment brief. If this is the case then you will no doubt start searching the internet for a document to explain the concept(s) in simple terms. Take care not to rely on the ordinary English dictionary to find an explanation for an academic concept (I would not recommend this). Remember that it is the theorist who will give the theoretical concept meaning, the ordinary English dictionary will give you a definition of the term accommodation, but it won’t be the same definition as given by the theorist (in this case the theorist for accommodation is Piaget).

Dissertation Writing

If planning to do Primary research you will need to create a title, make the title specific and focus on the aim of the research. Deciding on the area for research is very important, the aim is to be specific, a general title might take students beyond the word count for the dissertation and create major research issues for the student. When planning the research proposal be clear about the research aim and objectives, and issues surrounding methodology. It is advisable to read recommended research methodology books prior to thinking about the research proposal. Reading the books will help to reinforce why it is important to pay close attention to research concepts, to understand the importance of sampling, ethics and other research issues.

Evidence Based Practice – Help with Essay Writing for University

Finding relevant evidence is key when writing an essay, students need to identify and understand relevant literature on the essay topic, and to identify key issues. For example, if you are a nursing student and writing about diabetes and the nurses role, you will need to locate research evidence on the actual disease and find research on the nurses role. To ignore to research the nurses’ role in caring for the diabetic patient, is likely to lead to a failed essay. Academic arguments should be supported with relevant evidence, and to ensure that university learning outcomes are met. Study Coach takes pleasure in helping students to understand essay requirements and research methodology issues, so get in touch. The help/support given to students is ethical, as previously stated Study Coach is not an essay mill.

Get Help with Essay Writing

Students sometimes ask the question ‘What can help me write an essay?’ Many things can help students to write an essay for college, but the college or university assessment criteria is a good starting point to help students to write an essay. Students should focus on the assessment criteria and of course other academic requirements.

Discursive Essay/Critical Thinking

Aim to submit a discursive essay to your University, you will need to apply critical thinking skills. In order to raise a discussion we must learn to think critically.

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Dissertation Writing, Essays, Ask Study Coach a Question

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