Never use two words where one will do. Only give quotations when you are using them to make a specific point or if you are going to discuss them. Never simply paraphrase the reading unless you are explicitly setting out someone's views in order to discuss them later. A major part of essay writing is learning to think your own thoughts and to say things in your own words. Pages should be clearly numbered and bound or stapled together.
Wise students write their name on every page.
A bibliography should be given which lists everything you have read which you have made use of in any way in writing the essay. The department expects all essays to be typed . If this is not possible, you should consult the lecturer concerned. The first of these is the increasing provision of computers on campus for students who do not own their own. Work entered on these Open Access PCS can be printed out in the Computer Centre which is situated in the Library.