This course offers a unique insight into the writing process and emphasises what to include in each section of the paper, as well as the publication process. The teachers will share their expert insight into scientific writing skills to create each part of a manuscript ready for publication. Techniques for oral presentations in conference format will also be practiced.
Highly interactive and practical
Every workshop is delivered by teachers/ scientists, so to offer students first-hand insight into the writing process. The participants will have the chance to interact one-on-one with teachers and create their own manuscripts & talks. Lectures will be interspersed with practical exercises, group discussions, and Q&A with the teachers, in order to put the learned content into practice and promote active learning.
The physical mobility part will take place between 30 June - 4 July 2025, in Madrid - Spain and will cover the following topics:
- Approaches for effective presentation of results
- Writing practices for the different sections of a scientific article (work in pairs, groups and individually)
- Peer review of the sections worked on in class (work in pairs)
- Speaking practices (group work)
- Individual oral presentation in class
The virtual part will run from 7 April to 27 June 2025. It will be taught during 10 theoretical sessions and a final tutorial. Classes will be held on Friday mornings (1:30h-2 hours long), covering the following topics:
- Criteria for attribution of authorship in a research paper
- How to do a bibliographic search and organize a library using reference management software
- How to write the different parts of an original research article
- How to organize a poster or a short presentation
- The importance of dissemination to a non-specialized audience
- How to deal with the submission process
- How to write the cover and a rebuttal letter
- How to design and write a research project
- Important ethical issues in research
- Open education resources