Scientific and Technical Writing
Event overview
This course aims to help scientists, engineers 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. Other formats requiring some scientific or technical content, such as technical product reports and business proposals will also be covered briefly. 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 helpful hints and tips. Additional features regarding graphics, experimental data, referencing, proof-reading, the journal submission process and managing generative AI, will also be presented.
There will be scope for both planned and spontaneous interaction (Q&A), and slides will be leavened with visuals and apposite quotations.
This online course will take place over two live sessions, on the following dates and times:
PST: 5.30am-8.30am | CST: 7.30am-10.30am | EST: 8.30am-11.30am | GMT: 1.30pm-4.30pm | CET: 2.30pm-5.30pm
– Tuesday 24th February 2026
– Wednesday 25th February 2026
Course Outline
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
- New starter/junior scientists contributing to and/or writing reports
- More experienced writers who want to improve their scientific writing and editing
- Those in less technically-focussed roles who may need to write technical content periodically (business development, technical sales)
- Those wanting guidance on preparing journal articles and/or the journal submission process
- Students wanting guidance on preparing and writing major theses
- Non-technical writers looking to understand typical features of scientific writing
This course should be suitable for all physical scientists, engineers and technicians, whether in industry or academia, and across most scientific and technical disciplines.
What's Included
- Two 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.
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