Writing Practice for Scientists

Description

This workshop is aimed at researchers, PhD students and academics who want to improve their scientific writing skills.

Do you have writer’s block ? Are you unsure of what style to adopt ? Or do you have difficulty articulating your ideas clearly and concisely?

Come and empower your inner writer in a small, motivated group, led by a teacher who listens to your needs.

You will be able to brush up on the grammar points you’re struggling with – and which you need – and learn the phrases sentence structures used in academic and scientific literature.

Using a “progressive” method, you will start with analysing existing texts, thus familiarising yourself with the relevant expressions, which you will then practise in gradually more complex writing in line with your field of research.

ORGANISATION

Dates: from Monday 7th to Friday 11th September 2026 

Schedule: from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm

Location: UMONS, Rosa Parks building

This workshop is limited to around 15 people.

PLEASE NOTE

An extra session of this workshop will be held in the second term.

Dates: from Monday 15th to Friday 19th March 2027

Schedule: from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm

Location: UMONS, Rosa Parks building

This workshop is limited to around 15 people.

CONTENT OVERVIEW

1. Grammar review
2. Academic /scientific vs personal style
3. Describing graphs and diagrams
4. Defining concepts
5. Purpose and Function
6. Cause and Consequence
7. Comparisons, contrast and similarity
8. Measurements
9. Processes and procedures
10. Hypothesis

TEACHER

Manon Desmet