Scientific Writing

This workshop gives you an overview about the requirements and rules for writing scientific articles. The following points will be covered in this 2-days workshop:

• Introduction: why publish, publishing in English, starting early
• Planning and execution, structure, overall style of language, proforma practical
• The need for structure, simplification and clarity
• Structure: of sentences, between sentences, whole text, sections, subsections, modules
• Simplification: of modifiers, suspensions, active voice and active verbs
• Short sentences and practical exercises on editing sentences
• The Discussion; purpose, content, tense, structure, modular construction
• The Methods; purpose, content, tense, structure
• The Results; purpose, content, tense, structure
• The Introduction; purpose, content, tense, structure
• The Title, Abstract, Key Words, Literature list, Acknowledgements etc.
• Title and Abstract practical exercises

Trainer
The trainer works at the Institute of Zoology, University of Göttingen. With a PhD in Zoology from the University College Cardiff, Wales, UK, he specializes in biology, ecology and environment. He has extensive experience in teaching post-graduate students in scientific writing & publishing, manu-script preparation, experimental design & statistics.

To attend, please register here.

Note: Registration of GSLS doctoral researchers has priority to non-GSLS participants. Non-GSLS participants pay a service and workshop fee of EUR 50. This cash payment is due at the GSLS office at the latest on the first day of the workshop.