English Language Support for International Students A wide range of courses are available to help international students with their English and academic skills. For first year PhD students, there’s “Writing a PhD First-Year Report”, which aims to help students to prepare the paper (or report, or proposal) that they will …
We have places available on the following online course: Introductory Statistics for Life Scientists – Level 1 2nd October 2017 (for 5 weeks) This is a 5 week course delivered entirely on-line within Learn (the University’s virtual learning environment, VLE). It will introduce students to the basic principles of statistical …
We have places available on the following upcoming workshops: Is my Writing Academic Enough? (CSCE&CMVM) 20th September 2017 This workshop explores the standards and expectations associated with academic writing. More information here Is my Writing Academic Enough? (CAHSS) 27th September 2017 This workshop explores the standards and expectations associated with …
We have the following workshops running in September for Postgraduate Researchers: The Writing Process – Getting Started (CAHSS) Monday 18th September 2017 This workshop provides tools and tips to help you get started with your writing. More information and booking here Text: Coherence, Structure and Argumentation Tuesday 19th September 2017 …
These PGR summer writing retreats provide you with a quiet time and space to focus on your writing without the distractions of the office, emails and daily life. These sessions are not facilitated, and catering is not provided, it is simply a dedicated space and time to progress your writing projects. Thinking …
University competition winner: The winner of the University of Edinburgh 3 Minute Thesis 2017 competition was Euan Doidge from the School of Chemistry with his presentation ‘WEEE are Golden: metal recovery by solvent extraction’ Euan will now go on to represent the University in the UK and Universitas 21 competitions. …
My EXPLORATHON Experience It has been a while since I thought about EXPLORATHON, but the notification emails for 2017 have started coming in from the University and from Beltane, leading me to reflect on what happened last year and how we can make it bigger and better this year. For …
Academic Writing Masterclass Workshop – Thursday 1st June 2017 and Wednesday 7th June 2017. A Masterclass is tutor-led group session for academic writers who would like to get feedback on their writing from a small, supportive audience. Prior to the Masterclass you will be invited to submit an extract (approximately 1000 …
Audience tickets are now available for the University of Edinburgh 3 Minute Thesis Competition Final on the 22nd June 2017. The Three Minute Thesis competition requires doctoral researchers to compete to deliver the best research presentation in just 3 minutes and one slide. Nine finalist from three Colleges will present …
Public engagement is one of the many ways that research can have positive impact beyond the four walls of the University – not to mention benefits to the researcher. Done well, it can boost your communication skills, give you fresh perspectives on your research, inspire others and maybe even lead …
