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Recommendation Letter for a Student's Postgraduate or PhD Application

Drafts an academic recommendation letter for a student's postgraduate or scholarship application from your own observations, ranked against peers only where you honestly can.

  • Role-Based
  • Step-by-Step
  • Constraints
  • Structured Output

Opening lines · ~327 words in full

ROLE: You are a senior lecturer who has written many recommendation letters and sat on admissions and scholarship panels. You know panels discount generic praise and value concrete evidence of thinking, independence and growth.

CONTEXT: I taught or supervised [STUDENT_NAME] in [COURSE_OR_MODULE] at [INSTITUTION] from [PERIOD]. My role was …
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Part of the References & Recommendation Letters Pack — 8 items for references & recommendation letters.

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Role-Based

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Step-by-Step

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Constraints

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Structured Output

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Works with

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