ENG-613(1) / 1 credit

Teacher: Bless Ann Sheila

Language: English

Remark: Next time Fall 24


Frequency

Every year

Summary

To make researchers aware of good scientific writing To help them structure their articles To point out pitfalls in scientific writing To enable researchers to face their writing with confidence To deal with specific problems in writing research proposals

Content

Comparing different styles in scientifc writing
Turning clumsy, wordy writing into clear understandable English
Editing a badly written article
Each participant will write a title, abstract and introduction which will be commented on by all participants and trainer. The emphasis is on structure and readability
The discussion and results section will be dealt in detail with by commenting on published ones.


Day 4 : presentations

Day 5: individual sessions of 30 minutes; participants can bring any writing of their own choice.

 

Note

325CHF cost - invoiced to lab. Pre-approval by PhD advisor needed by email to edch@epfl.ch

Learning Prerequisites

Important concepts to start the course

as from 2 year and in the process of writing an article

In the programs

  • Number of places: 10
  • Exam form: Project report (session free)
  • Subject examined: Scientific Writing (EDCH) (1) (Fall)
  • Lecture: 24 Hour(s)
  • Type: optional

Reference week

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