Writing an exam essay

Preparation work for live session

Write a structured essay in response to the following question: How much of the under-representation of women in STEM is due to bias?

As well as familiarising yourself with exam style writing, this is a chance for you to draw together all the writing strategies we've practised on the module so far: writing in a de-personalised register, using clear topic sentences, structuring your introduction and including a clear thesis statement which answers the question. Finally, we need to make sure the work is properly referenced; you should support your answer with references to the texts we have looked at over the last two weeks. These are available as printable handouts similar to those you will receive for the exam.

Upload your draft to Eduflow and take a look at the work of one of your peers. We will then use the live session to discuss the feedback you gave and received, and what you feel your strengths and weaknesses are.