This course is designed for early-career and experienced academics to support research conducted in English. Participants are exposed to and given the opportunity to practise every aspect of writing a successful research article, as well as other important ways of communicating their research, such as presentations.
Sample course content:
- Writing a research article
- Introducing your research
- Literature review (1): Verb tenses & citation practices
- Literature review (2): Criticality & positioning
- Describing and rationalising methods
- Describing results
- Discussing and making claims from the results
- Concluding your research
- Writing your article abstract
- Voice and stance in research writing
- Clarity and flow in research writing.
Sample additional sessions:
- Communicating research in different contexts
- Communicating research to different audiences
- Writing a research-focused blog post
- Grant proposals (1): Justifying and meeting the research need
- Grant proposals (2): Communicating research value
- Conference proposals/abstracts
- Conference presentations (1): Structure & key language
- Conference presentations (2): Effective delivery
- Poster presentations (1): The text
- Poster presentations (2): Speaking skills
- Networking at academic conferences.
Course delivery options
We can work with you to develop your course, its content and delivery.
- The exact combination of topics can be discussed.
- Courses will normally be online, but can also be delivered in person.
- Courses can be offered at any time of year, depending on availability, online or in person at the beautiful Whiteknights campus in Reading, UK.
- Standard courses consist of ten 90-minute sessions (15 hours total).
- Courses can be delivered intensively over 1 to 2 weeks or part-time over 3 to 10 weeks.
- Longer intensive courses with more than 15 hours can also be delivered.
