Postgraduate Students

Short Courses for Postgraduate Students

• Advanced Academic Writing for PG Research students from non-English speaking backgrounds
• COFA Workshops
• 'Talking About Your Research'

Advanced Academic Writing for PG Research students from non-English speaking backgrounds

What: 10-week course

Writing a Thesis Proposal: (10 x 2 hours)

The course is designed to assist students with the fundamental academic language skills for writing a thesis proposal. This course will assist you to:

• Develop appropriate academic English for writing a postgraduate research proposal
• Write clear and concise research aims, questions and definitions
• Develop skills of summarising and paraphrasing in academic writing
• Develop your ability to critically evaluate academic texts and begin a literature review
• Develop your ability to draft the research design/methodology section of your proposal using appropriate academic language.

Numerous opportunities for feedback from the instructor and fellow students will be provided throughout the course.

For registration, visit our online booking pages

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COFA Academic Skills Workshops

These workshops are provided for both undergraduate and postgraduate students on the CoFA campus.

Topics: Essay Writing, Note-taking

Location: COFA Campus

For further information, please email Dr. Shivaun Weybury (s.weybury@unsw.edu.au) Postgraduate coursework students are also invited to attend Postgraduate Coursework Day.

For registration, visit our online booking pages

COFA Thesis Writing Workshop

*Semester 1 is full. Submit enquiries for Semester 2 in July 2012*

The Thesis writing for CoFA students workshops will be offered from 2nd May – 23rd May, each Wednesday

Time: 11.00am – 1.00pm

Location: Room 209 on level 2 of the Library, Kensington campus.

There will be 4 sessions in total. Students should attend all 4 workshops as each is on a different aspect of thesis writing. The workshops will provide an overview of the thesis writing process in the Arts. Topics will include:

• exploring thesis structures,
• approaching the literature review,
• choosing appropriate methodology, and
• writing discussion and conclusion chapters.

In addition, we will discuss a brief overview of the editing process and markers’ expectations.

The Workshops will be run by Dr Shivaun Weybury. Students should enrol online at https://booking.online.unsw.edu.au/booking/lc.login

For further information, please email Dr. Shivaun Weybury (s.weybury@unsw.edu.au)

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Talking About Your Research': ABS Oral Communication

‘Talking about your research’ is presented in  weekly 2 hour workshop over ten weeks. The course is designed to enhance the oral communication skills in the ASB postgraduate research context. For further information, please contact Gwyn Jones.

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