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joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Top 10 Hints for Academic Writing. PG Writing Group 2/12/12, on the site PG Writing Group 5 months, 3 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 2/12/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

As this the last post for the PG Writing Group for 2012 I thought I would end the year with a list of my Top 10 recommendations for academic […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, The unpleasant truth about feedback. PG Writing Group 26/11/12, on the site PG Writing Group 6 months ago

PG Writing Group 26/11/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

How many times have you been told not to take feedback on your academic writing personally? We all know that we should be grateful […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Why is writing a research proposal so hard? PG Writing Group 19/11/12, on the site PG Writing Group 6 months, 1 week ago

PG Writing Group 19/11/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

Developing thesis writing skills involves blood, sweat & tears for pretty much everyone. To make things just that little bit harder, […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Negative Results: Writing about Dark Data – PG Writing Group 12/11/12, on the site PG Writing Group 6 months, 2 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 12/11/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

In his article Freeing the Dark Data of Failed Scientific Experiments, Goetze talks about the benefits of publishing negative research […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Challenges in HDR Studies – PG Writing Group 05/11/12, on the site PG Writing Group 6 months, 2 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 05/11/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

A Finnish research group have recently published a paper entitled Challenges of Becoming a Scholar: A Study of Doctoral Students’ Problems […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Publication Protocols: PG Writing Group 24/09/12, on the site PG Writing Group 7 months ago

PG Writing Group 24/09/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

Love it or hate it, publication in peer-reviewed journals is most commonly used to communicate research and judge research success. If […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Reporting Statistics in Academic Writing PG Writing Group 22/10/12, on the site PG Writing Group 7 months ago

PG Writing Group 22/10/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

If the very mention of the word statistics makes you feel anxious, apparently you are not alone. There are a number of published papers […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Why Publish? PG Writing Group 17/09/12, on the site PG Writing Group 8 months, 1 week ago

PG Writing Group 17/09/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

If you haven’t seen the movie adaptation of Dr Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat it is worth taking some time out from your studies to have a […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Discussing Discussions: PG Writing Group 10/09/12, on the site PG Writing Group 8 months, 2 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 10/09/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

The one section of a paper that is guaranteed to make your brain ache as you write is undoubtedly the discussion. In this section […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Getting Good Results – Writing the Results Section of a Paper: PG Writing Group 03/09/12, on the site PG Writing Group 8 months, 3 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 27/08/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm
Once you understand your data and its analyses, writing the results section of a paper can be almost as easy as writing the methods section. […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Writing up Methods & Twiddling the Knobs: PG Writing Group 27/08/12, on the site PG Writing Group 9 months ago

PG Writing Group 27/08/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

For those of you who haven’t looked over PhD Comics’ The Methodology Section Translator take some time out to read it. You won’t be […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Introducing Introductions: PG Writing Group 20/08/12, on the site PG Writing Group 9 months ago

PG Writing Group 20/08/12 Social Science South Rm 1237 Monday 12-1pm

Why is writing an introduction so hard? Feldman in his article The Devil is in the Details: Converting Good Research into Publishable […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Amazing Abstracts: PG Writing Group 13/08/12, on the site PG Writing Group 9 months, 2 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 13/08/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

When you are next preparing an abstract for a research paper, remind yourself of the definition of the word and its derivation – it will help […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, The 7 Day Paper Prezi Presentation: PG Writing Group 06/08/12, on the site PG Writing Group 9 months, 3 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 06/08/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

I am a huge fan of Inger Mewburn as you are probably already aware. And I have recently become a fan of Prezi. And when they combine…..you […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, The Subtleties of Plagiarism: PG Writing Group 25/06/12, on the site PG Writing Group 11 months ago

PG Writing Group 25/06/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

There are infamous plagiarists – – Marks Chabedi, Stephen Ambrose, Dănuţ Marcu – and even some famous infamous plagiarists – TS Eliot, […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Managing to Manage your Research Program: PG Writing Group 18/06/12, on the site PG Writing Group 11 months, 1 week ago

PG Writing Group 18/06/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

Last week in the PG Writing Group we touched on the mistakes that can be made by students during their research program – management […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Managing your Research Program: PG Writing Group 11/06/12, on the site PG Writing Group 11 months, 2 weeks ago

PG Writing Group 11/06/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

Students often tell me they find it difficult to gauge their progress in a higher research degree. I think part of the answer to gauging […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Should I use “I”? First Person Style: PG Writing Group 28/05/12, on the site PG Writing Group 12 months ago

PG Writing Group 28/05/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

How often have you seen the rule “Never use ‘I’ in academic writing.”? This ‘rule’, like most of the writing advice I give, should be […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Editing Matters: PG Writing Group 21/05/12, on the site PG Writing Group 1 year ago

PG Writing Group 21/05/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

As Werder and Hoelscher state in an article Editing Matters published last year in Higher Ed, “Editing – oh, whoop-de-do ”. But rightly so, […]

joanne.edmondston wrote a new post, Urban Myths surrounding Thesis as a Series of Papers: PG Writing Group 14/05/12, on the site PG Writing Group 1 year ago

PG Writing Group 14/05/12 Social Science South Rm 2204 Monday 12-1pm

Wikipedia defines an urban myth as ‘form of modern folklore consisting of stories that may or may not have been believed by their tellers to […]

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