Reading about writing

Despite attending, and now delivering, courses and workshop about academic writing, I still don’t find writing easy. I find it much easier to describe what you need to do, but I am still not “Getting into the habit of writing”. I have either (a) sought inspiration on the web or (b) found another opportunity for …

RDP for the month of October 2013 – Boot Camp and Writing Courses

Graduate School Research Development Programme 2013/2014 started with the running of its five day boot camp last week (October 7th– October 11th, 2013). The programme that was conducted during the boot camp was: Nature of the PhD and the Supervision Process Planning Research and Time Management Working effectively in research Creative Thinking Getting into the …

Academic Writing and Getting Published Workshop

Last Wednesday, October 23th, 2013, research students and I attended the Academic Writing and Getting Published course, conducted by a very special guest, UNMC Vice-Provost of Knowledge Transfer, Professor Graham Kendall. Unlike in previous courses, Professor Kendall conducted this course as a workshop which got all research students involved in multiple small tasks during the …