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Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"

By | Oct. 08, 2011

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

By | Mar. 02, 2018

This toolkit has been developed for facilitators who are interested in introducing gender mainstreaming in higher education in order to challenge gender inequality.

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Presentation:Class 5--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jul. 01, 2011
PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Main topics of the session: discussion sections and acknowledgments. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Presentation:Class 4--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jun. 30, 2011

PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Main topics of the session: references, poster presentations, and oral presentations. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Presentation:Class 3--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jun. 29, 2011

PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Main topics of the session: titles and authors, results sections, and tables and figures. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Presentation:Class 2--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jun. 28, 2011

PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Main topics of the session: approaching a writing project, writing in English as a foreign language, writing the methods section, and providing feedback on drafts. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Presentation:Class 1--Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jun. 27, 2011
PowerPoint presentation from Intensive Course in Research Writing, held 27 June through 15 July 2011 at Texas A&M University. Main topics of the session: introduction to the course, deciding when and where to submit a paper, defining the focus and contribution of your paper, journals' instructions to authors, the structure of papers, and drafting an abstract. To make the file small enough to download rapidly, pictures were omitted from the version posted. Including discussion and a break, the session ran about 3 hours.

Syllabus: 2011 Intensive Course in Research Writing

By | Jun. 26, 2011
Syllabus for 3-week intensive course being held in summer 2011 at Texas A&M University. The course focuses mainly on writing journal articles but also addresses other aspects of research communication. For each day of the course, the syllabus lists class activities, reading assignments, and writing assignments.