Posts Tagged: Writing Skills

Writing with Authority

Another excellent, clear, helpful post from patter: This is about writing with authority and working away from what’s termed ‘protective scaffolding’.

Ideas for Writing During the Pandemic

This is a useful resource to stimulate thinking about getting some writing done. WRITING COVID    

Creating Arguments – How it Can Go Wrong

We’ve all done it. Been so confused within our own selves that that piece of writing has ended up a ravelling humdinger of hyperbole and, well, nonsense. Sometimes this is…

How to be a productive scholarly writer

Chris Smith’s 6-point advice is data-informed and the tips are worth a read to see what might work for you. 6 Insights into being a productive and happy academic author

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…

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…