To create awareness of the elements of scientific writing that enable rapid communication between the writer and the reader and provide participants with tools for improving the quality of their writing.
English
Beginners/Intermediate. PhD students only.
New researchers have to make the leap from consuming scientific knowledge to producing it. But having good ideas and good results isn’t enough. In order to successfully place their articles in international journals, scientists also need to learn the craft of writing research articles.
In this course participants will:
- Become familiar with the structure and elements of an IMRaD paper
- Acquire planning strategies for writing an article effectively and efficiently
- Develop awareness of common mistakes in research articles
- Apply techniques to make writing clear, concise and cohesive in sentences and paragraphs
- Acquire techniques for time management
- Learn about ethical publication
- Learn what to expect from the journal review process
The course consists of several sessions. You should be able to attend all of them.
There will be short assignments to do at home after each session.
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