Writing for International Students in Engineering and Technology
This course, run in Michaelmas Term, is for international students (undergraduates and taught postgraduate students) in the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Faculty of Health and Medicine.
The five workshops aim to help you to develop more effective technical writing skills. We look at:
- Writing scientific reports: report structure, writing an effective abstract, introductions, conclusions, the body of reports, paragraphs & topic sentences scientific language and grammar
- How to report other scientists' work: citation, referencing, summarising source material and avoiding plagiarism
- Writing a dissertation
Weeks 7-10 are run as a tutorial group, in which you can bring your questions and extracts from your assignment for discussion and feedback.
Booking
- Go to the Student Portal
- Select 'Event Sign-Up' from the left-hand menu
- Click on 'FHM601 Scientific writing courses for International Students (optional)'
- Choose either 'Writing for Science' or 'Writing for Technology'
Dates and Times
- Wednesday 17 October, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 2, Fylde College)
- How to report ideas from your reading 1: Introduction, citation, and paraphrase
- Wednesday 24 October, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 2, Fylde College)
- How to report ideas from your reading 2: Citation, paraphrase
- Wednesday 31 October, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 2, Fylde College)
- How to report ideas from your reading 3: verbs to report author's ideas, reference lists
- Wednesday 7 November, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 2, Fylde College)
- Writing effective technical reports: Differences between reports and essays with examples. Report structure IMRaD 1.
- Wednesday 14 November, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 2, Fylde College)
- Writing effective technical reports: Report structure (IMRaD) 2. Writing good abstracts.
- Wednesday 21 November, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 2, Fylde College)
- Writing effective technical reports: Problem solution patterns in reports. Differences between reports and essays conclusion. Connecting ideas in your reports; signposting structure.
- Thursday 29 November, 1500-1700 (Room A16, Engineering)
- Group drop-in session 1: Bring drafts of your assignments for discussion - answering the question, structure, citation & referencing, scientific style, grammar.
- Monday 3 December, 1500-1700 (Room A16, Engineering)
- Group drop-in session 2: Bring drafts of your assignments for discussion - answering the question, structure, citation & referencing, scientific style, grammar.
- Wednesday 12 December, 1500-1700 (Room A16, Engineering)
- Group drop-in session 3: Bring drafts of your assignments for discussion - answering the question, structure, citation & referencing, scientific style, grammar.
