1. Personal development

Related to interview requirements and aimed at boosting self-esteem

Assignments used to assess and prepare action plans to improve written work

2. The Brief

To show the constituents of a good and complete set of instructions

To explore the rights and responsibilities of the student

3. Research

Encouraged informed and effective use of libraries, journals, the Internet

4. Plagiarism

Demonstrated appropriate academic writing style and encouraged students to adopt it with 2 exercises - both hand-written using library resources, and word processed using Internet resources.

Showed how to credit sources as well as the penalties for not doing so.

5. Essays

Planned an essay set to the group by other departments and planned an essay on non-specialist subject

6. Tutorials

Introduced concept of tutorials and compared to lectures

Encouraged recognition of students' rights and responsibilities within the tutorial process.