This face to face course is run by the Researcher Academy 

The Researcher Academy courses are very popular and the majority are run in both semesters to give you the opportunity to attend at a time of the year that suits you. Semester 1 courses will be available for booking from the second week of October and Semester 2 courses from the second week of February. 

Target Audience: This session is part of the Arts Researcher Skills Programme for early stage research students in the Faculty of Arts only.  

Process: This is a half day participative small group workshop, with practical activities and discussion.  It has a number of tasks that involve reading and writing.

Description: 

It is important on a long writing project such a doctorate, to start writing as soon as possible. The course will help you to begin to write in different ways as you go along. You will also consider different writing strategies and review your own writing process. This course will point you in the direction of other sources of support for writing development within the University.

Aims/ Objectives:

The course aims to:

• encourage you to explore your own approach to writing. 
• Introduce you to a range of different techniques to try out during the course and in your work after. 

By the end of the course you will have:

• reviewed your own writing process 
• tried out a range of techniques for writing  
• considered how to keep writing and editing separate
• identified a range of writing development opportunities available to you at the University

Booking Conditions 

Privacy Statement 

The Researcher Academy is committed to protecting the privacy of researchers who register for our training courses and events. Your completion of the booking process shall constitute your consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data to University staff and external partners responsible for the delivery of the course or event for which you have registered.  Personal information shared includes; name, role/position, mode of study, School/Department, dietary and accessibility requirements. 

Latecomer policy 

Researchers should plan to arrive prior to the advertised course start time. Except for exceptional reasons, there will be no admittance to a researcher academy or Faculty Training Programme (FTP) course 15 minutes after the advertised course start time. 

Importance of booking commitment 

When booking on to a Researcher Academy short course you are entering into a commitment to attend. If you find that you are no longer available to attend you MUST cancel your place (on the system if more than three days before the course) or if at short notice by emailing ra-training@nottingham.ac.uk. This will ensure that your place can be offered to another researcher on the waiting list. Failure to cancel a place results in other researchers missing out on places through the waiting list process. 

It is unacceptable for researchers to just not attend when booked onto a course. The Researcher Academy maintains records of those who repeatedly do not attend courses they have booked. This may affect future eligibility to book onto further Researcher Academy courses and will affect considerations for Researcher Academy funded opportunities.