Writing for Publication: a 12 week course - For NERC facing environmental, physical science and social science research staff and PhD students.

Course Code
50110114

Course has already taken place

Provider
Unknown provider

Tutor(s):
Jennifer Rivas Perez

Suitability
This course is suitable for NERC facing environmental, physical and
social postgraduate students and research staff.

It is a course requirement that participants are writing a journal paper
for publication and they will have to confirm this in writing before
their booking is accepted.

Date(s)
Thursday, October 02, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, October 09, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, October 16, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, October 23, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, October 30, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, November 06, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, November 13, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, November 20, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, November 27, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, December 04, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, December 11, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00
Thursday, December 18, 2014, 14:00 to 16:00

Max Places:
19

Description
This programme is for NERC facing physical environmental and social
science PhD students and research staff who would like some
support whilst writing papers.
Participants commit to meeting for two hours for 9 Thursday afternoons
over a 12-week period, and to continue to work on their writing project
each week between meetings. The programme is designed for anyone who
feels they need a boost to help them produce their next paper, whether
they’ve done it before or not.

The course objectives are

- To support researchers to write research papers
- To develop writing skills and enable researchers to practice them
- To motivate de-motivated writers
- For participants to produce a piece of work for publication.

This programme offers practical help to get you published, whether you
want to write up unpublished data into a new paper or resurrecting an
old one that has been rejected. Participants will benefit from practical
help to support them whilst they write, with weekly meetings and clear
weekly targets to help with progress. Topics such as such as
motivation, choosing where to publish, dealing with rejection, goal
setting and practical help with writing skills will be covered. The aim
of this course is to make writing, if not enjoyable, then at least an
easier task to get on with.