A solid 2.1 grade requires the ability to keep on topic and make all of the text of your essay ultimately relevant to the question. Context and background information is often an important part of academic writing, but should not be detailed at the expense of focus. Limit even the most interesting digressions.
A solid 2.1 grade requires the ability to keep on topic and make all of the text of your essay ultimately relevant to the question. Context and background information is often an important part of academic writing, but should not be detailed at the expense of focus. Limit even the most interesting digressions.
Awareness. Try to show your understanding of the important values, issues and debates in nursing today by letting these inform your approach to essay writing. This can be seen as a guide as much as an added requirement; when stuck with how to introduce an idea or set up a discussion, consider current issues as providing a way in.
Delineate the scope of your paper. Positioning the issues you intend presently to discuss within the broader field of your subject area will demonstrate not only your understanding of the breadth of the academic landscape but your ability to focus on a particular part of it. It is not enough to analyse certain ideas, you must recognise their place in the whole.
1. Misreading the question. Disregard for the precise wording of the question, or poor comprehension of its meaning, can waste hours of work. Avoid this occasional but catastrophic slip by making a habit of breaking down and studying the question before you begin.
2. Beginning too late. There is nothing worse than a desperate rush to meet a deadline, especially if hours of good research are to be squandered through poor execution. Plan your time in advance and save yourself from the horror.
1. Focus. In order to secure an upper 1st class mark you must demonstrate a highly sophisticated balance between context and focus. Supporting material must serve the purpose of your core arguments in a persuasive and lucid manner. Be mindful always of the question which you are attempting to answer.
2. Reading and research. The very top academic marks can only be achieved through a highly impressive demonstration of a remarkably broad background subject knowledge. What is more, your deep engagement with reading and research must be manifest in an exceptionally capable use of these materials in building and supporting persuasive arguments. Select the most relevant literature from your impressive command of classic and contemporary texts.