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Civil servants can develop their writing skills by choosing from this selection of recommended learning.
This document looks at research evidence on writing, effective teaching and the gender gap.
How to write well for your audience, including specialists.
The Writers' Handbook helps writers understand how to use effective writing in their work.
This paper reports on the statistics and research evidence on writing both in and out of school.
This guide is intended for authors of reports commissioned by Home Office Science (HOS), research managers, editors and proofreaders. It gives…
How to write and redesign letters so they're easy to use.
The popular online writing course Foundations of Writing in Government has been updated, to help more civil servants improve essential communication skills.
The focus of this paper is on large-scale, primarily summative assessments of writing at the end of primary/elementary education.
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