Practice

Writing

Part 1: Writing about a figure

150 to 200 words · A report, argument or article for a named reader, using a figure

  • Report: the smaller plates trial
  • Report: how students travel to campus
  • Argument: energy displays in halls
  • Report: what graduates do next
  • Article: evening language classes
  • Article: how busy is the library?
  • Argument: should the museum stay free?
  • Report: how the park is used
  • Argument: food waste collections
  • Article: students and sleep

Part 2: Discursive writing

About 250 words · Formal writing on an academic subject

  • Essay: AI tools in coursework
  • Essay: a four-day working week
  • Essay: taking a gap year
  • Essay: why fewer pupils learn languages
  • Essay: online and face-to-face learning
  • Essay: funding curiosity-driven research
  • Essay: cooling hot cities

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