Featured Resources
Toolkit:A guide to starting and running an AuthorAID journal club
In this guide, we outline the steps to starting and running your own AuthorAID journal club and share learning from our existing journal clubs.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Research Writing Toolkit
Resources to run a participatory research writing workshop at your institution.
Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"
Video of presentation on preparing the literature review section of a thesis or dissertation. One of the most popular videos on our online research writing courses
Toolkit:Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education Toolkit
This toolkit has been developed for facilitators who are interested in introducing gender mainstreaming in higher education in order to challenge gender inequality.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Training of Trainers toolkit
Resources to run a training of trainers in research writing workshop at your institution.
Resource Library
Train-the-Trainers Exercise
Exercise on teaching research writing. From the AuthorAID Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Teaching Research Writing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11 November 2011. Entails responding to 3 scenarios, each of which involves designing research-writing instruction of a different length and in a different setting.
Giving Lectures
From the AuthorAID Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Teaching Research Writing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11 November 2011.
The Results Section
From the AuthorAID Workshop on Research Writing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8-10 November 2011.
Publishing a Journal Article
From the AuthorAID Workshop on Research Writing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 8-10 November 2011.
Some Basics of Learning and Teaching
From the AuthorAID Train-the-Trainers Workshop on Teaching Research Writing, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 11 November 2011.
Tips of the Week 26-50
Second set of 25 weekly tips on writing and publishing. Our thanks to Bernard Appiah for preparing the tips and to Alejandra Arreola-Triana for compiling the set. Original dates of posting: 24 May through 8 November 2011.
Grant Application Instructions: 2012 Intensive Course in Research Writing
Application instructions for grant to attend summer 2012 intensive course in research writing, to be held at Texas A&M University. To see the syllabus for this course, please go to http://www.authoraid.info/resource-library/syllabus-2012-intensive-course-in-research-writing. To complete the grant application form, please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/authoraid_2012_summer_course_grants.
Web resource:Springer Author Academy
Website providing information on aspects of writing a paper and publishing it in a journal. Includes sections on choosing a journal, structuring a manuscript, overcoming language barriers, submitting a manuscript, and related topics. From the publisher Springer and the editing company Edanz.
Syllabus: 2012 Intensive Course in Research Writing
Draft of syllabus for 3-week intensive course to be held in summer 2012 at Texas A&M University. As in past years, the course will focus mainly on writing journal articles but also will address other aspects of research communication. Please be watching the AuthorAID website for information on scholarships to attend this course.
Book:Manual for Editors of Health Science Journals (English-Language Version)
From the Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors; published by the World Health Organization.