BSEN40830 Scientific Writing Workshop

Academic Year 2023/2024

Writing effective scientific papers is one of the most important components of academic success! This workshop will teach PhD students to become more effective writers through lectures, in-class exercises, class discussions and detailed instructor feedback on the assignment. Topics include: principles of good writing, the format of a scientific manuscript, peer review, grant application writing, and writing for conferences. Students will be assigned to small groups based on their research background, for discussion and doing exercises in class, and accomplishing assignments.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module, students should be able to: (1) identify and correct the most common and stylistic errors; (2) understand the principles of effective writing; (3) write a structured and coherent academic text; (4) understand the publication procedure (as author and reviewer) to improve a scientific document; (5) gain knowledge of the key elements of the successful grant application.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

20
Specified Learning Activities

65
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

125
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Active/task-based learning; peer and group work; lectures; critical writing; 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Students need to write a research article that will be reviewed by one group member to experience the paper submission process. Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

60
Assignment: A short literature review writing. Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

30
Class Test: Group-based assignment to correct a short article in class. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

10

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Group/class feedback, post-assessment; Feedback individually to students, post-assessment; Peer review activities

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Spring
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 23, 24, 25, 26, 29 Mon 10:00 - 12:50