RD Online Writing Programme New Autumn Programme

( bookable from 16th September) Below is workshops from Weeks one - three of the Writing Programme

Top Tips

Orwell sums up:

1. Never use a metaphor, simile or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print.

2. Never use a long word where a short one will do it

3. If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out.

4. Never use the passive where you can use the active.

5. Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

6. ( Break any of these rules sooner than say anything outright barbarous)

Researcher Development Online Writing Support

You are a specialist in your field. But do you still find yourself getting stuck or frustrated when you try to write about it? Whether you are from a Science or Humanities background we offer sessions to ensure your writing is as effective as your research.

The sessions range from starting out and challenges with grammar, to writing bids and grant applications.

In addition to our termly writing sessions, we also run summer writing schools- focussing our time when people maybe able to step aside form their research for a day and focus on their writing.

PhD in Second Language

A PhD is challenging. Doing it in another language makes it more so.

The PiSL series is designed to support you with many aspects of the process. We cover writing and speaking, reading and presenting. We discuss how we network and create connections. We also discuss the vagaries of undertaking research in the UK, strange British habits and accents, the words that mean something entirely different and trip us up every time.

The sessions are run by a Warwick PhD and lecturer, who still occasionally struggles to find the correct English word.

PiSL Sessions available Autumn 2022