Come and find out more about what’s coming up throughout November as part of WriteFest to celebrate Academic Writing Month. In this session we will go through the festival aims and highlight various events and resources to support your writing goals. Armed with this information, you will then be able to plot out your festival … Continue reading WriteFest 2019 | Launch Event
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Eligibility: All researchers Format: 1.5h, video and face to face interactive workshop Facilitator: Dr Elizabeth Scanlon, Sheffield Hallam Doctoral School and (on video) Dr Matthew Cheeseman, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Derby. How can writing change your thinking? And how can understanding how people write, change the way you think about … Continue reading WriteFest 2019 | Writing Without Discipline
Career Essentials – feed your career over your lunchbreak: Pressed for time? Try a 50 minute, no frills, just the facts session on Covering Letters The sessions will be facilitated by Darcey Gillie of the Careers and Employability Service Book your place via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/career-essentials-for-pgrs-covering-letters-tickets-75862499779 __________________ Future events will focus on : • Becoming an Academic … Continue reading PGR Career Essentials – Covering Letters
This is like a standard Shut Up and Write! session - just in your choice of location as it will be run online via Twitter @shu_suw #AcWriFest19
If you struggle to find time to make regular progress with your writing then a change of scene and some (supportive) peer pressure could help. The aim of a Shut Up and Write! session is to provide you with dedicated time and space, away from everyday distractions, to progress your own writing projects. You will … Continue reading WriteFest 2019 | Shut Up and RE-Write!
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University English Scheme, Semester 1 Non-credit Academic English Classes Academic English for your Doctorate is a non-credit module designed for students working independently on a research degree (eg PhD/Professional Doctorate). The focus is on practising and developing language and rhetoric to explain and present your research in both written and spoken forms. This is open to … Continue reading University English Scheme – Academic English for your Doctorate
To mix academic and social events, we have decided to start a weekly Shut up & Write session. These writing sessions are based on the concept of #shutupandwrite. The idea is simple: we meet in a room and write. We work in 25-30 min blocks and enjoy some coffee & conversation during short breaks in … Continue reading Postgraduate Research Student Society | Shut Up and Write! sessions
Would you like to know how to demonstrate doctoral level criticality in your writing? We will look at the stylistic choices that illustrate your own voice in writing, how to use critical writing effectively, and how to develop different argument structures. Relevant for all doctoral students. In this session, we will: explore how critical writing … Continue reading Doctoral Skills Workshop – Critical Writing for your Doctorate