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 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 sorry.  This week’s session of … Continue reading →

 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 Articles believes the introductions to journal articles … Continue reading →

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 you produce an … Continue reading →

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 get good … Continue reading →

 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, Martin Luther King, and HG Wells. All … Continue reading →

 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 mistakes that can impact significantly … Continue reading →

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 progress is to really … Continue reading →

 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 considered in light of … Continue reading →

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, they go on in their article … Continue reading →

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 be true. As with … Continue reading →