Developing Research Writing Skills
The Centre for Academic Writing (CAW) offers Research staff three modules aimed at developing research writing skills:
• ‘Reviewing Research Literature’ (7022CAW) provides guided practice in the writing skills needed for high-quality literature reviewing, argumentation and conference presentations. Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers seeking to strengthen and systematise their approach to analysing and synthesising literature will benefit from this module. Staff undertaking Masters’ and Doctoral level research may also find the refresher valuable. Participants who complete the module will produce a draft conference paper. The module will be delivered in Semester 1 through 5 fortnightly asynchronous ‘sessions’ (a commitment of approximately 4hrs per week), starting week 4, Monday 5 October. Optional live online sessions and the end-of-module presentation conference will be organised according to group availability, in week 13 (7-11 December).
• ‘Crafting a Research Article’ (7023CAW) examines the features, argumentation and expectations of the research article as an academic writing genre. Participants select and review a range of research articles in their discipline with a view to developing their own approach to research writing. The module is designed for those who are approaching writing for publication for the first time and have begun (or are about to begin) a research project that could lead to a scholarly or scientific publication. Semester 2: Dates TBC.
• ‘Writing for Scholarly Publication’ (7024CAW) helps participants gain experience in writing for publication by overseeing participants’ production of a research output from writing following data analysis through to submission. The module features a writing retreat and peer-reviewing opportunities. Researchers who have completed data gathering and analysis or other scholarly research will benefit from this module. The module can help move research that has been generated for a thesis or dissertation, reported to funding bodies, or presented at conferences, into the pages of scholarly journals, books, or other publications. Semester 3: Dates TBC.
CU Research staff can enrol on these modules (as scheduled) free of charge in 2020-21
Staff who complete a module and its assignments will receive detailed formative feedback on their writing and a Certificate of Completion from CAW.
Places on CAW’s modules are limited and subject to availability. For further information, please email pgstudies.caw@coventry.ac.uk