Symposium:- Writing for Publication

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Symposium:- Writing for Publication

Guidance on writing for publication for staff and students.

By WLV Doctoral College: Researcher Development

Date and time

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 02:00 - 08:00 PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Sessions on targeting publications, writing style, editing your work, navigating submission and engaging with the peer review process.

Symposium – Writing for Publication (11th October, 2021. 10 am to 4 pm)

Agenda

10.00 – 10.10 Introduction to the day (Dr Debra Cureton)

An outline of the day and introduction to the speakers.

10.10 – 10.50: Planning your dissemination (Dr Debra Cureton)

This session will look at the various types of dissemination and how you generate and dissemination plan.

11.00 - 11 50: The different messages in your work and where to publish time (Professor Megan Lawton)

Your work will have many messages for many audiences. In this session Professor Lawton will consider the various types of publications that you could engage in, and what too consider when identifying an appropriate journal to submit to.

12.00 – 12.50: How to write a journal article – language and style. (Dr Ben Halligan)

This session considers how you write in a journal style. This will differ from how you write theses, reports for funders or dissemination to generic audiences. This session considers how you employ a journal style and the important differences to other ways of writing.

12.50 – 1.00 Summation (Dr Ben Halligan)

1.00 – 2. 00 Lunch

2.00 – 2.50 Editing your work: Why, what and how? (Dr Debra Cureton)

This session considers the different types of editing processes that you can employ to enhance the quality of your work. She will share editing types and also so tips about enhancing your editing skills.

3.00 – 3.50 Navigating journal submission and the peer review process. (Dr Ben Halligan)

This session covers the things you need to know about before you submit your work to a journal, and how you do this. It will also cover how your work is reviewed, and how to deal with reviewers’ feedback.

3.50 – 4.00 Closing comments. (Dr Ben Halligan)

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