Speaking and writing your thesis

Facilitator: Professor John Tribe

RDF Indicator: A1

Programme: PGR Research Skills Programme 2021-22

Theme: Academic Skills

Session Overview:

PhD students devote a huge amount of time to their research methods, data collection and analysis. They are then often left to get on with the writing and sometimes completely overwhelmed by the task of compiling a thesis of 80000 words. But writing requires just as much care as the research itself. This session will discuss the elements of good writing for social science researchers. In fact it will encourage you to take pride in beautiful writing which is a delight to the reader. And we’ll also think about how to make your research presentations engaging too.

Learning Outcomes:

After participating in this session students should be able to:

• Understand the key challenges of thesis writing
• Understand the key structural elements of a PhD thesis
• Apply techniques of good writing to their PhD thesis
• Apply techniques for competent oral presentation of their thesis

You can book your place on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/speaking-and-writing-your-thesis-tickets-193520333527

This event will be recorded.