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Building a cohesive and logical argument is a key element of academic writing. Often, feedback from supervisor will tell us that argumentation needs to be improved. In this workshop we examine what precisely is meant by argumentation and look at ways to improve the quality of argumentation in our own academic work.

Kick off the new term with this short, sharp workshop that’s designed to get you writing more quickly and painlessly. You’ll leave the session with a variety of strategies for getting your ideas out of your head and down on paper.

In this webinar, you’ll learn how to produce clear, concise and compelling documents in a professional setting. You’ll pick up techniques for quickly identifying, honing and communicating your key message — whether it’s for day-to-day emails, longer reports or a persuasive pitch.

Learn the secrets for producing clear, concise and compelling business writing. Whether it’s a day-to-day email or a persuasive pitch, you’ll pick up techniques for quickly identifying your key message — and engaging your reader. The workshop works as a standalone session or as a follow-on to last term’s class on report writing.

There is nothing to do before the workshop

We all know that academic papers should be clear and concise. But how can we achieve this in our own writing? In this workshop we will explore various ways to develop clarity in academic writing, and we will work through a number of example texts in order to gain practical experience of improving the clarity of written work.

No explicit preparation is required for this workshop, but you may find it useful to bring a piece of your own writing with you.

If our writing is cohesive and coherent, there are logical connections between words, sentences, paragraphs and sections. This workshop explores different techniques for increasing cohesion, which should make your writing easier to read and more effective.

This workshop builds on topics covered in the previous session, partly by analyzing excerpts from published journal articles for their cohesion. Although attending the previous workshop is an advantage, it is not a prerequisite.

This workshop builds on topics covered in the first workshop on Cohesion last term. It introduces another technique for improving cohesion and analyses excerpts from published journal articles for their cohesion. Although attending the previous workshop is an advantage, it is not a prerequisite.

This workshop builds on topics covered in the first workshop on Cohesion last term. It introduces another technique for improving cohesion and analyses excerpts from published journal articles for their cohesion.

Although attending the previous workshop is an advantage, it is not a prerequisite.

The final chapter of a dissertation / thesis can have various titles including ‘conclusion’ and ‘discussion’. This workshop looks at the typical contents of a final chapter and also cautious language (hedging), which is commonly found in a conclusion. It involves a video to watch and exercises to complete before an online Zoom workshop.