Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

English for Researchers, Writing Level 2
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3726-18-00-04
	Enrollment deadline: 15/10/2018

Date and time	15.11.2018, at: 09:00 - 30.11.2018, at: 16:00
Regular seats	13
Course fee	4,560.00 kr.
Lecturers	Carol Bang-Christensen
ECTS credits	2.50

Contact person	Marianne Bøje E-mail address: marianne.boeje@regionh.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content 2018This is a generic course. This means that the course is reserved for PhD students at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at the Graduate School, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. After the enrolment deadline, available seats will be allocated to the waiting list. The course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). All other participants must pay the course fee. Learning objectives • To equip participants with further skills to produce effective research writing • To enlighten participants about how to increase the readability of their writing • To clarify how and why the language of research writing is evolving • To extend participants’ academic vocabulary Content This course builds on English for Researchers: Writing Level 1 where you will have got a good idea about what is needed to write successfully. Level 2 elaborates the points from Level 1 and focuses on how to make your writing more arresting, fluent and readable. Tricky grammatical points and punctuation will be taken up along with extensive vocabulary-building exercises. Letter and email writing will also be covered. Participants will have the opportunity to work with their own manuscripts and receiving individual feedback. Participants PhD students currently working on a paper or who have some experience of writing papers. English for Researchers: Writing level 1 is preferable before this course but not mandatory. Language English Form Face-to-face classroom tuition using relevant material and examples with follow-up practices and self-guided research writing. Participants will receive individual feedback on their writing. Course director Carol Bang Christensen, English teacher, carol@thecomputer.dk Teachers Carol Bang Christensen, English teacher, carol@thecomputer.dk Course secretary Marianne Bøje, Marianne.boeje@regionh.dk Dates 15, 16, 29 and 30 November Course location Bispebjerg University Hospital, entrance 50, look at the widescreen for location Registration: Please register before 15 October 2018 Admission to PhD students from Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the rules in force. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrollment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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