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Workshop: Writing as a process
This workshop is for doctoral students who wish to explore options for approaching research writing as a process. The workshop will focus on approaches to getting started, balancing reading and writing, writing frequency, time management and revision. Acknowledging that there is no one best option that works for everyone, students will be equipped with a Read More…
Workshop: Dealing with negative emotions when writing
This workshop is for doctoral students who experience negative emotions when writing up their research. The workshop will explore feelings such as low confidence, anxiety and imposter feelings as common to many research writers. By sharing experiences and exploring a variety of strategies, students will be equipped to deal with these emotions, overcome writer’s block Read More…
Workshop: Voice and authoritativeness in academic writing
This workshop is for doctoral students who wish to develop confidence to write as an expert. The aim of this workshop is to explore how expertise is demonstrated in writing in ways that are convincing to the intended readership. By analysing how language shapes the writer’s position, students will be equipped to present their research Read More…
Workshop: Structuring the thesis
This workshop is for doctoral students who wish to understand how to structure their thesis. The aim of the workshop is to analyse the structure at the level of the whole thesis, chapter, section and paragraph. By exploring a range of options for thesis structure, students will be better positioned to make informed choices to Read More…
Workshop: Criticality
This workshop is for doctoral students who wish to develop criticality in their academic writing. Criticality is one of the most common and most confusing terms in education. In this workshop, criticality will be explored as a disciplinary value on the one hand, and on the other hand, as a feature that is manifested variously Read More…
Workshop: Academic language: complexity, precision and style
This workshop is for doctoral students who wish to develop their academic writing, in particular to use appropriate levels of language complexity, precision and formality. The aim of this workshop is to raise students’ awareness of how language choices create different rhetorical effects that impact reader perception and evaluation of texts. By analysing multiple examples Read More…
Workshop: Focused academic language for PGRs with lower level of English language proficiency
This workshop is for doctoral students who struggle to communicate clearly in their academic writing. The particular focus of this workshop is to explore common and basic errors, especially at sentence level. The aim of this workshop is to provide students with the tools to identify and remedy common and basic language errors in their Read More…
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