Scientific writing: core skills

The course will include:

• Critique of readability in relevant papers
• Use of tenses in academic papers
• Writing with impact; concise writing
• Grammar and proof reading
• Scientific table and chart technique

Previous participants have said:

• ‘It was a great resource to improve on my writing skills overall. The exercises were good and broke up the day to shift our concentration.’

• ‘I found the exercises fun and really useful as they helped to take in what we were learning.’

Learning outcomes

By the end of the session participants will be able to: 

• Develop understanding of the characteristics of scientific writing
• Write in simple, clear and concise scientific English
• Develop knowledge of how to write grammatically correct English
• Improve proof reading skills
• Organise the sections of a scientific paper effectively
• Develop a scientific argument with appropriate language that conveys the message effectively
• Make effective use of charts and tables

PGR and Research Staff

NB. This course is appropriate for both native and non-native speakers of English. However, if you are a non-native speaker you will need a good general standard of English to benefit from the course.

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 Dr John Dixon

Information about the next scheduled course, and how to apply for a place, are in our course programme. This course usually takes place once each term. If it isn't currently appearing in the course programme, please keep checking back. 

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