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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 will be asked to bring with them copies of four papers that have been published in a journal for which they think they could be asked to write a peer review, either soon or in their future career.

Related resources:
Desktop Learning

Date, time and venue: 0.5 day workshop

Date	Time	Venue
20 May 2013	0930 - 1230	Foster Court 218
20 May 2013	1330 - 1630	Foster Court 218

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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