UCL Human Resources - Think-Write: Quality Papers

UCL Research Programme

Think-Write: Quality Papers

Overview:
This course gives a fresh look at the task of writing academic papers. It aims to give newcomers the confidence to get started quickly, while showing old hands some new ways of making the process less painful.

Anticipated learning outcomes:

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

the rules that govern the 'publishing game'
targeting the paper more thoroughly
analysing the journal you wish to place work in
focusing your mind on the core issues you wish to write about
collecting information needed to build a high quality paper
writing the first draft rapidly
working with colleagues in shaping the document

Participants:

This course is open to all staff but priority will be given to staff covered by the Roberts' Agenda

Pre-requisites: None

Roberts' transferable skills addressed:

Communication skills
Networking and teamworking

Date, time and venue: 1 day workshop

Date	Time	Venue
26 June 2013	1000 - 1600	Engineering Front & Executive Suite

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 10 books. 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: Edward Baber

See also:

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

Think-Write: Conference Abstracts and Papers
Think-Write: Writing A Book
Think-Write: Writing A Peer Review

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