English: Writing Skills (School of Technology)

This is a two week course focusing on your OWN DRAFTS for theses, dissertations, first-year projects or research papers. Please note that you will be required to attend 5 WHOLE CLASS two-hour sessions in Week 1 and one WHOLE CLASS two-hour session in week 2 (Thursday afternoon). In addition to this you will be required to attend TWO INDIVIDUAL SUPERVISIONS times to be arranged with the teacher (1 x 30 minutes in Week 1 plus 1 x 1 hour in Week 2).

WEEK 2 TIMETABLE - Individual supervisions will last for one hour per person between the following times (to be organised with Sheila Dodds smd48);

• Monday 16 July 1400-1800
• Tuesday 17 July 1400-1800
• Wednesday 18 July 1400-1800
• Friday 20 July 11.30-13.30

1st Year PhD students in the following areas:

• Engineering
• Chemical Engineering and biotechnology
• Computer Laboratory
• Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership
• Judge Business School
• Further details regarding Engineering Language Unit's eligibility criteria are available

• Participants should be a 1st year PhD student although students at a later stage in their Doctoral studies are also welcome

Number of sessions: 6

• Planning Stage - Structure and Content - Language and Style
• Literature review
• Discussions and Conclusions
• Preparing successful poster presentations
• Writing abstracts

To assist first year PhD students working on draft dissertations or theses

Six sessions of two hours

Course syllabus is available

Six sessions of two hours plus 1.5 hour in total of indvidual supervisions

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