Online Session
Being familiar with the rules and conventions of writing for research is essential for producing a solid project in any discipline. Knowing how to put these into practice in order to communicate your own research findings and ideas is another crucial step in achieving high-quality work and completing your degree successfully.
During this themed week, the Centre for Academic Writing will work with you on these academic writing “tricks of the trade” for you to
achieve your greatest potential as a researcher and academic writer. Our events focus on various aspects of writing for research, including guided practice sessions and workshops on the structural elements of the doctoral or masters by research theses.
And if you cannot wait until the themed week, then why not book in a one-to-one session with the academic tutors from CAW, who specialise in supporting research students? You can reach them at https://libguides.coventry.ac.uk/cawlibcalhome
| Session Title | Date | Start | Sign-up Link |
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Argumentation and Thesis Structure |
Monday 16th | 10:00 | Sign-up HERE |
| Come write with us (protected writing time) | Monday 16th | 13:00 | Sign-up HERE |
| Writing Thesis and Conference Abstracts | Tuesday 17th | 10:00 | Sign-up HERE |
| Come write with us (protected writing time) | Tuesday 17th | 13:00 | Sign-up HERE |
| Writing for Publication | Wednesday 18th | 10:00 | Sign-up HERE |
| Come write with us (protected writing time) | Wednesday 18th | 13:00 | Sign-up HERE |
| Writing Retreat | Thursday 19th to Friday 20th | 10:00 – 16:00 | Sign-up HERE |
Information and signups for individual sessions can be found below or by clicking the Sign-up link
Argumentation and Thesis Structure: Your claim, which will be your contribution to knowledge, and the argument supporting that claim, is the thread organising your thesis. This workshop will discuss the structuring principles at every level of your thesis writing: sentences, paragraphs, sections, chapters and the whole document.
Writing Thesis and Conference Abstracts: The abstract is a preview to an academic text or academic presentation and plays an important persuasive role in reading and selection processes. This workshop invites you to consider the conventions of abstract writing for theses and in response to conference calls. Preparation: please bring a thesis and a conference abstract from your own area of research. For thesis abstracts, you may use the British Library EThOS database https://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do . For conference abstracts, use an online book of abstracts from previous conferences (suggestion: past conferences organised by disciplinary associations like the Royal Geographical Society or the European Association for the Teaching of Academic Writing).
Writing for Publication: This session will look at your writing journey on your PhD and share practical tips and resources on writing for publication during this time. We will consider publication strategies, types of publications and the importance of reframing your writing process(es) to fit the pathway of publication.
Writing Retreat: We are organising a 2-day structured writing retreat when you are invited to write and revise thesis chapters at any stage of production, research articles or conference talks. You will need to sign up for the retreat and complete the Retreat Objectives Form. The purpose of the retreat is to have clear and specific writing objectives for each day and then for parts of each day. Just like with the Come Write with us sessions, the retreat will also offer you the opportunity for 1:1 discussions on writing in progress.
Come write with us (protected writing time): Join peers for a 2-hour block of protected writing time during which you can work on issues related to the workshop of the day, ask questions and get advice from one of the CAW lecturer who can also have 1:1 discussions with you about your writing in progress.