Key information
Tutor: Andrew Northern and Robin Mowat, Centre for Academic English (CfAE)
Duration: Full day training course (6 hours with a 1-hour lunch break)
Delivery: Live (In-Person, South Kensington) & Live (Online, MS Teams)
Course Credit (PGR only): 1 credit
Audience: Postdocs, Research Fellows, Research Degree Students
Dates
- Tues 04 November 2025
09:30-15:50, South Kensington - Weds 10 December 2025
09:30-15:50, MS Teams - Thurs 19 February 2026
09:30-15:50, South Kensington - Fri 01 May 2026
09:30-15:50, South Kensington - Tues 23 June 2026
09:30-15:50, South Kensington
This one-day workshop, developed and delivered by the Centre for Academic English (CfAE), provides targeted input and training to speed up your writing process and help you write more effectively for publication. The training is personalised to help you learn how to identify the features of successfully published texts in your discipline.
This course is open to Postdocs, Research Fellows & Research Degree Students who are currently writing – or aiming to write – for publication.
Aims
You will learn:
- To use your reading as a tool to develop writing techniques for successful publication
- To organise and connect information in your text to enhance readability and flow
- To make language choices that improve the impact and clarity of your writing
How to book
Book via Inkpath using your Imperial Single-Sign-On.
Please ensure you have read and understood ECRI’s cancellation policy before booking.
Further Information
You will analyse example texts provided by the trainers in the workshop, and you should also bring a recently-published ‘target’ text written by other researchers in your field. This text does not need to be the most important in the field, but it should be one that you feel is well written and representative of your research area and your target journal. You will analyse this target text throughout the workshop to identify conventional language and structural features, and to align your own writing with that of successfully-published texts in your discipline. This text analysis is a fundamental aspect of the workshop.
Please bring a laptop or other suitable device (not just a smartphone) to use in the workshop and be prepared to work collaboratively in small groups throughout the day.
What have past participants found most useful?
“I will definitely apply the reverse-engineering method and I can already see the benefits in my reading and writing.”
“Main takeaways were the structure and modelling of writing research papers, as well as using compelling language to communicate the main message of the research.”
“I found the mix of teaching, small group work, independent work, and then discussion really useful.”