Writing for International Students in Science, Health and Medicine
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 scientific writing skills. We look at:
- Writing essays in science: addressing the question, introductions, conclusions, developing an argument, paragraphs and topic sentences
- Writing scientific reports: report structure, writing an effective abstract, scientific language and grammar
- How to report other scientists' work: citation, referencing, summarising source material and avoiding plagiarism
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
This course is now fully booked
- 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
- Tuesday 16 October, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 10, Management School)
- How to report ideas from your reading 1: Introduction Citation, and paraphrase
- Tuesday 23 October, 1500-1700 (Seminar Room 6, Bowland North)
- How to report ideas from your reading 2: Citation, paraphrase, verbs to report author's ideas
- Tuesday 30 October, 1500-1700 (Seminar Room 6, Bowland North)
- How to report ideas from your reading 3: verbs to report author's ideas, reference lists
- Tuesday 6 November, 1500-1700 (Seminar Room 6, Bowland North)
- Writing scientific essays and reports 1: Differences between reports and essays. Essays in science: argument, introductions and conclusions; looking at past essays.
- Tuesday 13 November, 1500-1700 (Lecture Theatre 11, Management School)
- Writing scientific essays and reports 2: Essays in science: argument, introductions and conclusions 2. Report structure (IMRaD)2.
- Tuesday 20 November, 1500-1700 (Seminar Room 6, Bowland North)
- Writing scientific essays and reports 3: Report structure IMRaD; Writing good abstracts; Problem solution patterns in reports; Differences between reports and essays conclusion. Connecting ideas in your essays and reports; signposting structure.
- Tuesday 6 November, 1500-1700 (Room A16, Engineering)
- Group drop-in session 1: Bring drafts of your assignments for discussion - answering the question, structure, citation and referencing, scientific style, grammar.
- Tuesday 4 December, 1500-1700 (Room A16, Engineering)
- Group drop-in session 2: Bring drafts of your assignments for discussion - answering the question, structure, citation and referencing, scientific style, grammar.
- Tuesday 11 December, 1500-1700 (Room A16, Engineering)
- Group drop-in session 3: Bring drafts of your assignments for discussion - answering the question, structure, citation and referencing, scientific style, grammar.
