Writing Up A Science Thesis
No two doctoral theses are the same. Knowing which writing conventions are common to most theses versus which writing components are unique to the content and presentation of your work…
Posts Tagged: scholarly writing
Engineers writing…
The craft of scholarly writing is sometimes overlooked by some when it comes to our colleagues in the engineering disciplines, yet all engineers write – and across a variety of…
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
Learning About Predatory Journals
Excellent reading identified by our Librarians here at Bradford from one of the world’s top journals. If you are planning to publish your thesis, please beware of these – I…
Writing a Journal Article
TIPS FOR WRITING SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL ARTICLES – ARTICLE WRITING TIPS – downloadable PDF by Dr Pekka Belt, Dr Matti Mottonen & Dr Janne Harkonen.
Increasing your visibility as a researcher
Deborah Lupton’s blog has great advice and often features tips and ideas that are particularly useful to doctoral and early career researchers. A recent post covers 10 tips for maintaining…
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…