This is a two-day workshop in academic writing designed for PhD candidates where the focus is on the use of English, not the writing process. The workshop will be relevant for all disciplines at UiB and judging from past evaluations it will be useful for both international and Norwegian candidates. The workshop includes individual discussion of edited texts submitted by participants before the course. As the use of web resources is central, participants should bring a laptop with Internet.

Workshop topics:
Characteristics of academic writing
Readability
Word order
Avoiding typical errors
Nominalization
Web resources
Stylistic issues and style guides
Varieties of English
Structure and format
Editing your work
Presenting in English
Individual discussion based on submitted texts

Learning outcomes:
The course will help participants to write and publish documents in academic English. Participants will become familiar with a variety of web-based resources.

Target group:
UiB PhD candidates, however other academic staff at UiB are welcome to apply. The workshop will be in English.

Working methods:
A short presentation of a theme will be followed by exercises.
There will also be individual discussion.

Course material:
Course compendium. Each participant will receive these free of charge.

Number of participants: 15

Lecturer:
Stewart Clark, Senior Adviser, NTNU and English language consultant.

Venue:
Neptun Hotel

Time: 9.00-15.30 each day

There is no course fee for UiB employees.

Register for the course here: https://skjema.app.uib.no/academic_writing