Writing Skills for Researchers
Here are links to resources and texts that other researchers have found useful. Advice on improving your academic English in 10 minutes per week. Leicester’s dos and don’ts of research…
Posts Tagged: Writing Skills
Attending to readerliness in scholarly writing
One of the elements that I personally think denotes an obvious shift in someone’s approach to scholarly writing, is when the researcher begins to view their text from the point…
Academic Writing – trusting your instincts
I’m already a huge fan of Professor Pat Thomson’s work. She doesn’t just teach this stuff, she lives it. I find that the detailed descriptions of her experience, and of…
Scholarly Writing – thriving not merely surviving
This is an excellent resource that I have used a lot. Professor Rich Furman shares his musings, insights and advice on how to thrive in academic writing, whether it be…
The Importance of Citations in Scholarly Writing
This post on the Writing for Research blog is well worth a read. It made me think carefully about the explanations I give to all students: UG, PGT and PGR…
Literature Reviewing 2 and Writing Skills for Doctoral Students 2
Here are the resources from the sessions on Friday. LITERATURE REVIEWING SKILLS 2 – apologies, once again, the resource seems to be un-uploadable, so just email me if you want…
Literature Reviewing Skills 1 & Writing Skills for Doctoral Students 1
Hi everyone. Here are the resources from today’s sessions. Literature Reviewing Skills 1 LITERATURE REVIEWING SKILLS 1 LR1 CROWE CCAT LR1 – COTTRELL LR1 – HART LR1 – RIDLEY LR1…
Writing for Publication & Focus Group Skills
Sorry these were not available sooner. Here are Friday’s workshops. WRITING FOR PUBLICATION FOCUS GROUP SKILLS FOR RESEARCHERS Articles we used during our FGS Method Analysis. KITZINGER 1994 REID &…
Publishing a Methodology Paper from Your Thesis
This resource was circulated online. It gives some excellent tips from the people who know, @ElsevierConnect. I strongly recommend reading it if you are planning to publish the methodological material…
Being a Productive Academic Writer
This resource uses some of the theory that I already teach from Boice’s work. It’s definitely worth a read as it is about a little-and-often approach to successful scientific writing…