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Think-Write: Writing a Peer Review

Participants:
This course is open to all research staff.

Pre-requisites: None

Overview:
The aim of this workshop is to inform participants of the procedures, methods and constraints of writing a peer review. By taking part in this course researchers will discover new ways in which to structure and write a review.

Anticipated learning outcomes:
By the end of this session, you will have a fuller understanding of:

the communication process involved in publishing academic papers
the various roles that peer reviewers can be expected to fulfil.
the editors needs and constraints, and how this can influence a reviewer's task.
your ability to produce a worthwhile review.

Roberts' transferable skills addressed:

Communication skills
Research skills and techniques

Preparation:
Participants should bring copies of three or four papers that have been published in a journal for which they think they could be asked to write a peer review. Please make sure that you have recently read at least one of these papers.
Please look on that journal's website and bring along (printed or on screen):
1) any instructions to peer reviewers
2) any instructions to authors

Related resources:
Desktop Learning

Date, time and venue: 0.5 day workshop

More dates will be available in the 2013-2014 Academic Year. In the meantime please Register Your Interest by scrolling down the page to How to Book and clicking on the link to the Booking Form. We will then email you when new dates are available.

Facilitator:
Pete Moore gained his PhD at the University of Reading before working as a post-doc at UCL. For the past decade he has worked as a freelance science writer contributing to international media, as well as writing more than 10 books and numerous papers and articles. He has run over 100 training courses throughout northern Europe.

Cost:

Free for all staff on the UCL payroll
£160 for UCL Affiliated/Higher Education Institutions/Charities
£400 for External Applicants

How to book: Booking Form

OSD Course Contact: Ed Drinkwater

See also

To view the other three workshops in the Think-Write series please click on the links below:

Think-Write: Conference Abstracts and Papers
Think-Write: Quality Papers
Think-Write: Writing A Book

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