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This Poster Presentation workshops will cover aspects of designing, writing and presenting scientific posters.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
This Poster Presentation workshops will cover aspects of designing, writing and presenting scientific posters.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.
In this workshop we will cover the correct use of punctuation in English including the comma, colon, semi-colon and hyphen. Through looking at published papers, we'll analyse punctuation in the Engineering field and then put everything into practice.
The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.
Holding the reader in mind is key to good writing. In this workshop we will analyse attributes of a reader in order to create better pieces of writing. In doing so we will cover the danger of overload, clarity in developing ideas and the use of conventions in scientific writing.
This is a two-week course which includes individual supervisions. It focuses on your own drafts of first year report, thesis, or research paper.
Week 1 comprises five 2-hour whole-class lessons, one each morning, and concentrates on writing abstracts, literature reviews, discussions and conclusions and on preparing poster presentations. It also includes one individual supervision of 30 minutes which will take place on one of the following afternoons: Thursday 17 July 2.30-4.30, or Friday 18 July 2.30-4.30.
In Week 2 there will be one 2-hour whole-class lesson on Thursday afternoon based on points arising from students’ work-in-progress, plus one individual supervision of an hour. The time of this will be arranged with the teacher at the start of the course and will be held at one of the following times: Monday, 21st July 2.30-4.30pm, Tuesday, 22nd July 11.30-1.30pm or 2.30-4.30pm, Wednesday, 23rd July 2.30-4.30pm.
- Please send in drafts of your own work for feedback. These can be any part of your report, dissertation or paper - or any other piece of scientific writing that is important to you.
- Please send in these drafts well in advance of the course start (at least a week!).
This workshop is tailored to the needs of Native and Non-native 1st Year PhD students MPhil (Res).
This is a Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering students.
This is one in a series of five Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering student.
- Presenting your results and findings (see topics covered section for more details)
The following workshops are also available:
- Planning and Writing the Literature Review
- Working on the Discussions and Conclusions Sections
- What makes a good abstract and title?
- Preparing successful poster presentations
This is one in a series of five Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering student. These run throughout the year.
- What makes a good abstract and title? (see topics covered section for more details)
The following workshops are also available:
- Planning and Writing the Literature Review
- Presenting your results and findings
- Working on the Discussions and Conclusions Sections
- Preparing successful poster presentations
This is one in a series of five Scientific Writing Skills Workshops tailored to the needs of the PhD/PostDoc Engineering student.
- Working on the Discussions and Conclusions Sections (see topics covered section for more details)
The following workshops are also available:
- Planning and Writing the Literature Review
- Presenting your results and findings
- What makes a good abstract and title?
- Preparing successful poster presentations
The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
Learn from a CUP guest speaker how to use an effective online tool to improve and enrich your use of English words and expressions in scientific writing.
The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
This workshop will concentrate on using sources effectively and appropriately in English (i.e., summarizing, paraphrasing and referencing techniques in English). It will discuss how to achieve the best synthesis of ideas from carefully acknowledging sources to drawing your own innovative conclusions.
The writing workshops will cover a mixture of structure, accuracy and style in academic English writing.
- NB. Please read ATTENDANCE section below before signing up for this course.
Introductory course to French. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of French. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.
Introductory course to French. This course is for those with no previous knowledge of French. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.
This course covers aspects of Business in France such as telephone calls, interviews and the French business culture. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.
This course will give you the basics of communication in a professional environment (telephone calls, writing e-mails and booking transportation tickets etc.) Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.
This course is for those with a GCSE or AS (or equivalent) level in French. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation.
This course is suitable for those who have already studied French for at least a year, or for those who know basic French. Communicative context, with videos, audio, texts and conversation. The course will be delivered online, via Zoom. You will receive an invitation to join the course via email before the first session.
This 4 weeks course is suitable for those who already know German well and instruction is given in German. The course can be tailor-made to suit the student's needs.