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Target Audience: Postgraduate Research Students
Participants will be introduced to how to start writing and how to keep motivated planning your writing and finishing. We will cover different styles of documents, using appropriate language and the academic writing style.
In addition, we will introduce the academic publishing process and include a short introduction to new collaborative writing tools.
By the end of the workshop participants will have:
- Developed skills that will be useful for the writing process
- Been introduced to various types of written formats and styles of writing
- Improved effectiveness with regard to analysing written work
- Improved their understanding of selected digital tools and which ones to use for writing.
Delivered By: Dr Joanna Young, Scientific Editing Company
Prerequisites
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Find out about the opportunities available to you as an early career researcher:PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development
All postgraduate research students are eligible to access the Researcher Development Programme workshops. This workshop can contribute towards the PG Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PG Cert RPD).
You can find credit and class information in the Researcher Development Programme Handbook and in NEPTUNE (Engineering, HaSS) or SPIDER (Science).
Please check with your department or Supervisor to confirm if you are enrolled on the PG Cert RPD and how many credits you are expected to achieve if you are unsure.