Scientific and Technical Writing

18 March 2025
Online Event
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Event overview

Course tutors: Dr Jonathan Moseley
New Course

This course aims to help scientists, and others who need to write scientific or technical content, to tailor their writing to an appropriate “scientific register”. It will focus primarily on scientific and technical reports within business and industry, academic theses and journal articles. Specific features common to scientific, technical and academic writing will be discussed, along with which features to avoid. Practical advice will be given on structuring and writing reports and theses, including other helpful hints and tips. Additional aspects regarding graphics, experimental data, referencing, proof-reading and the journal submission processes will also be covered. Other formats requiring some scientific or technical content will also be covered briefly.

This course will be delivered online in one live 3 hour session.

There will be scope for both planned and spontaneous interaction (Q&A), and slides will be leavened with visuals and apposite quotations.

Tuesday 18th March 2025 | 1.30 – 4.30pm GMT (UK Time)

Course Outline

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The Introduction will briefly address the temptation to use Chat GPT to write your scientific report (and why you shouldn’t use it, in this case), as well as some factors to consider when writing in English, and the potential problems of Communication generally.

The Main Section will then consider types of scientific writing, followed by specific features common in them, before leading into the structures typical of scientific reports. Substantial practical advice on writing will pull all these aspects together, followed by some more minor hints and tips for further consideration.

Ancillary Sections on types of graphic, including when and how to employ them best; experimental sections and patents; referencing; and proof-reading are followed by a worked example. A further section on writing for journals, and specific advice on the journal submission process will be given, followed by a final section considering other types of format requiring some scientific and technical writing content.

 

Who Should Attend

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  • New starter/junior scientists beginning careers in business, industry or academia with some responsibility for contributing to and/or writing reports (internal and external)
  • More experienced scientists and managers who want to refresh or improve their scientific writing ability and fluency
  • Those in less technically-focussed roles who may need to write technical content periodically
  • Anyone wanting general guidance on preparing a scientific or technical journal article and/or the journal submission process
  • Students wanting guidance on preparing and writing a major theses (MSc, PhD etc)
  • Writers looking to understand typical features of scientific writing

This course is especially suitable for all physical and biological scientists, whether in industry or academia, and should be generally applicable to most scientific and technical disciplines.

What's Included

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  • One live interactive training session over an afternoon using an online webinar platform, details on how to access the course will be shared before the event.
  • E Reader version of the manual please note the E Reader is not printable or downloadable due to copyright (professionally printed versions of the manual are available but at an additional cost to cover postage)
  • Course certificate

** Please note sessions are not recorded, nor shared after the course.

Other Information

Course Certificate

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At the end of each course participants receive a Certificate of Attendance – signed by your tutor.

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Scientific and Technical Writing

18 March 2025
Online Event