University of Southampton

A short introduction to the institution at the centre of the Atlantic slave system. This illustrated lecture was recorded in early 2021 by S&R editor, Christer Petley, as part of the new University of Southampton first-year undergraduate module, Racism and Resistance: Slavery to BLM.

An illustrated overview of the Atlantic slave system, by S&R editor, Christer Petley. This was first recorded earlier in the year for the new University of Southampton first-year undergraduate module, Racism and Resistance: Slavery to BLM.

How to structure your work so that you can write better university or college essays. S&R editor Christer Petley shares ideas, drawn from two decades of teaching students and writing books, about why it is important to think about the organisation and purpose of every paragraph, sentence, or word.

How to avoid them. Advice from an experienced marker of essays about how to avoid the most common mistakes made each year by undergraduate students when they sit down to write.

All students need to know how to do these things, but it is not always easy to know how to argue in a university essay. This short video by S&R editor Christer Petley examines the techniques you have to sharpen in order to construct an academic argument and write a good essay.